Corruption: Bosnia

John Austin: To ask the Solicitor-General whether the Attorney General has sought views from other Government departments about providing consent for the Serious Fraud Office to pursue a prosecution relating to alleged corrupt activity in Bosnia by the UK-based company EFT.

Vera Baird: I do not propose to comment on the details of a case currently under consideration.

Corruption: Bosnia

John Austin: To ask the Solicitor-General what the reasons are for the time taken by the Attorney General's Office to decide the application for consent for the Serious Fraud Office to pursue an overseas corruption prosecution related to an alleged corrupt activity in Bosnia by a UK-based company.

Vera Baird: A decision whether to consent to a prosecution is not a rubber stamping exercise. The time taken to process a case may depend on the nature and complexity of the issues, legal and otherwise; and any dialogue with the prosecuting authority that may be necessary. I do not propose to comment on an individual case that is currently under consideration.

Departmental Translation Services

Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2008,  Official Report, column 2689W, on departmental translation services, how much his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on translation services into  (a) Irish,  (b) Welsh and  (c) other languages in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05, (iii) 2005-06, (iv) 2006-07 and (v) 2007-08 to date.

Shaun Woodward: The information requested is not held centrally and to provide this information would obtain disproportionate costs. The Department, associated agencies and non-departmental bodies can provide the following information on translation services:
	
		
			  Spend on translation services 
			  £ 
			   Irish  Other languages 
			 2003-04 687.38 114,314.45 
			 2004-05 1,105.91 256,772.79 
			 2005-06 576.50 526,878.07 
			 2006-07 1,963.00 910,160.00 
		
	
	Spend on translation services into other languages mainly comprises ethnic minority languages.
	As indicated in a previous question (187993) figures are not yet available for the period 2007-08 but we shall lay this information in the Library of the House as soon as it becomes available.

Digital Broadcasting: Elderly

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he has taken to assist older people in realising the benefits to be derived from the switchover to digital television.

Andy Burnham: The Government have announced a Help Scheme to assist the over 75s and those with significant disabilities, including people registered blind and partially sighted, to convert to digital television. The Help Scheme is an end-to-end package of support. As well as provision of a high quality set top box, the Scheme will provide practical assistance to install and use the equipment and the provision of an aerial if needed.
	Digital UK has set up a digital outreach programme to deliver information and advice to older people who are under 75, those with sensory, mobility or dexterity impairments, people with learning difficulties and those who are socially isolated. Digital UK has a £2.9 million contract with Digital Outreach Ltd. a company set up by leading UK charities Age Concern England, Help the Aged, Community Service Volunteers and Collective Enterprises Limited, to commission support from local and regional voluntary sector organisations and charities, initially in the first four ITV regions to switch over (Border, West Country, Wales and Granada).

Libraries: Finance

Stephen Hesford: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the budget is for each public library in Wirral West constituency for 2008-09.

Margaret Hodge: The budget for each public library in 2008-09 in Wirral, West constituency as provided by the Metropolitan borough of Wirral is as follows:
	
		
			  Library  Net budget (£) 
			 Upton 141,600 
			 West Kirby 161,500 
			 Greasby 118,800 
			 Irby 77,000 
			 Pensby 98,200 
			 Hoylake 125,200 
			 Woodchurch 72,000

Departmental Pay

Mark Hoban: To ask the Prime Minister what the  (a) salary,  (b) status and  (c) contract terms are of each member of staff at No. 10 Downing Street; when each was appointed; and what the purpose is of each unit and office within No. 10 Downing Street.

Gordon Brown: Information about the salary and contractual terms of individual members of staff is personal information between the employer and employee and therefore not disclosed. The cost and number of No. 10 staff, including special advisers, are published annually.

Burma: Internally Displaced Persons

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to mitigate the challenges arising from the volume of internally displaced people in Karenni state and other parts of eastern Burma; and which of these have been taken in co-operation with the government of Thailand.

Meg Munn: I visited Thailand from 28 February to 1 March and met several non-governmental organisations working in the refugee camps on the Burma/Thailand border. I also raised the plight of ethnic groups in the border region with the Thai Minister of Interior.
	The UK provides support to people in Karenni state through several mechanisms:
	funding for the UN Development Programme's Human Development Initiative;
	our significant contribution to the Three Diseases Fund, which supports work on HIV? tuberculosis and malaria in Karenni state;
	support provided through local faith based organisations who are able to reach internally displaced people from inside the country; and
	support from Thailand through the Thailand-Burma Border Consortium, which is providing assistance to the refugee camp bordering Karenni state, Ban Mae Noi Sae.
	UK funding for projects in Karenni state is part of our effort to provide humanitarian assistance to people suffering poverty and deprivation across Burma. The Department for International Development's programme in Burma is increasing from £9 million in 2007-08 to £18 million in 2010-11.

Burma: Politics and Government

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to invoke the UN Security Council principle of the responsibility to protect in relation to Burma.

Meg Munn: We continue to support the concept of Responsibility to Protect, under which governments have the responsibility to protect their populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
	As a member of the UN Security Council the UK has persistently stated that the military regime in Burma must account for the systematic and appalling human rights abuses it commits against Burma's people. We strongly support the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma and his work to gather evidence of the abuses that have taken place. We have called for his early return to Burma to be facilitated by the regime to enable the Rapporteur to continue his vital role.
	The UK has helped to secure strong resolutions on Burma at the UN Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly Third Committee, and worked to keep Burma on the Security Council agenda. The President of the UN Security Council's statement in October 2007 required a number of actions by the regime, including an inclusive transition to democracy. With the Burmese military rulers' failure to deliver any tangible outcomes despite the good work by the office of the UN Secretary-General, we will continue to consider options for further Security Council action with like-minded partners in New York.

Middle East: Armed Conflict

Si�n Simon: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effects of the recent increase in rocket attacks by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad on the security situation in Israel; and if he will make a statement.

Kim Howells: The UK is deeply concerned by rocket attacks from Gaza against Israeli citizens. The launching of rockets against Israeli civilian targets and all forms of violence must stop. Violence serves only to undermine the prospects for peace and security in the region.
	The Government continue to call on all Palestinian factions to stop attacks, including rocket attacks, which target civilians and only escalate an already tense situation. At the same time, Israel must ensure its actions are in accordance with international law. It is important for both sides to exercise the utmost restraint and refrain from the use of force.
	My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has regular discussions on the security situation in Gaza including most recently with Israeli Defence Minister Barak and with Israeli Foreign Minister Livni on 17 April. Our embassy in Tel Aviv and our consulate in Jerusalem regularly meet with Israeli and Palestinian interlocutors to discuss various issues, including the situation in Gaza.

Papua: Armed Conflict

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he  (a) has taken in the last 12 months and  (b) plans to take to promote effective dialogue between the government of Indonesia and representatives of the people of West Papua on conflict resolution.

Meg Munn: We believe that the complex issues in Papua can best be resolved through peaceful dialogue between the people of Papua, their elected representatives and the central Government of Indonesia. The dialogue is on-going. Indonesian Vice President Kalla, along with a team of Ministers, visited Papua most recently in February to discuss economic and social development with representatives of the Papuan people. Papuan leaders regularly visit Jakarta. The Indonesian President has committed his government to improving the situation in Papua, which we welcome. Governor Suebu, of Papua province, is pressing ahead with his development programmes, underpinned by the significant financial resources now being directed to Papua as a result of its special autonomy status.
	We continue to encourage all sides to maintain a meaningful dialogue that focuses on implementing fully the existing special autonomy legislation. We judge that this is the best way to ensure the long-term stability and development of Papua and its people.
	At the UN Human Rights Council examination of Indonesia under the Universal Periodic Review, in Geneva on 9 April, the UK welcomed Indonesia's substantial progress on human rights since 1998, but noted ongoing concerns in Papua.
	Our embassy in Jakarta follows the situation in Papua closely and is in regular contact with human rights organisations, non-governmental organisations and academics working in the region. Embassy staff also visit Papua regularly, most recently from 15 to 20 February 2008. While there, they held discussions with local officials, non-governmental organisations and representatives of religious organisations. The Department for International Development (DFID) is providing funding for four development advisers to the Governor of Papua. Their work focuses on poverty alleviation, public finance and infrastructure. DFID is also funding HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment activities in Papua, as well as focusing on improving forest governance livelihoods to address poverty reduction and deforestation in Papua. We continue to engage with Papuan leaders on a range of issues, including conflict prevention, and we fund several projects in Papua, including human rights training for the police.

Zimbabwe: Politics and Government

Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with governments in Southern Africa following the elections in Zimbabwe on political and economic stability.

Meg Munn: In the aftermath of the elections my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary and my noble Friend Lord Malloch-Brown have been in regular contact with heads of state and foreign ministers in the region and in the wider international community, in particular with President Mbeki. We will continue to speak to leaders in the region and encourage them to use their influence to bring about a swift resolution to the crisis.

Ethiopia: Politics and Government

Tony Lloyd: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what response he has made to the recent UN humanitarian assessment of the Somali region in Ethiopia.

Gillian Merron: The UK Government agree with the recommendations made in the United Nations assessment of the Somalia region in September 2007. We provided the UN-managed Humanitarian Response Fund with 4 million in 2007, to respond to humanitarian needs in Somali region and in other parts of Ethiopia. In response to an appeal from the government and UN agencies in April 2008, we are considering a further contribution of 3 million for 2008.

Genetically Modified Organisms: Finance

Peter Lilley: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what financial support his Department has provided to  (a) projects and  (b) institutions involved in research into genetically modified species in each of the last five years.

Gareth Thomas: In 2005-06, DFID contributed 1,553,000 to two programmes that included research using genetically modified (GM) techniques. These were the Plant Sciences Research Programme and the Aquaculture and Fish Genetics Research Programme. The main institutions that received grants included: Bangor University; Overseas Development Institute; Bath University; World Fish Centre; Stirling University; and, Asian Institute of Technology.
	Since 2003 DFID has given 20 million per annum in unrestricted funding to the centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. A list of these, and other international organisations receiving DFID support, is shown as follows. Some of these use GM techniques however it is not possible to attribute DFID funding to specific activities.
	From 2003 to 2008 DFID has provided 5 million to the African Agricultural Technology Foundation to facilitate access to both GM and conventional agricultural technologies. Last financial year DFID awarded 7.1 million of grants for research that will include the use of GM and non-GM biotechnologies. Details of these grants are provided in Table 1.
	 Names of international institutions receiving DFID support to conduct agricultural research
	Africa Rice Center (formerly West African Rice Research and Development Authority)
	World Vegetable Centre (formerly Asian Vegetable Research Development Centre)
	Bioversity International (formerly International Plant Genetics Research Institute)
	CABI(formally Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux)
	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)
	Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT)
	Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP)
	International Centre for Development Orientated Research in Africa (ICRA)
	International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
	International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
	International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
	International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
	International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
	International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
	World Agro forestry Centre (formerly International Centre for Research on Agroforestry)
	World Fish Centre (International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management)
	Harvest Plus Challenge Programme
	Water and Food Challenge Programme
	Sub Saharan Challenge Programme
	Genetic Diversity Challenge Programme
	
		
			  Table 2:Summary of Grants Awarded under the joint DFID and Biological and Biotechnology Science Research Council Sustainable Agriculture Research for International Development programme 
			  Institutions  Country  Title  Budget () 
			 Leeds University UK Nematode resistant plantain for African subsistence growers. 524,216 
			 International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Uganda   
			 
			 John Innes Centre UK Assessment of genetic biodiversity of durable disease resistance in African wheat genotypes, leading to the development of markers for wheat breeding. 662,385 
			 University of Free State South Africa   
			 
			 Nottingham University UK Phytoplasma diseases of coconuts: Understanding their transmission, and the sustainable breeding of resistant and tolerant varieties. 355,684 
			 Oil Palm Research Institute Ghana   
			 
			 Natural Resources Institute UK How resistant plant varieties avoid suppression of RNA silencing by viruses as exemplified by sweet potato: Better food security through virus control. 727,544 
			 University of Cambridge UK   
			 Central Science Laboratory UK   
			 The International Potato Center Peru   
			 Makerere University Uganda   
			 National Agricultural Research Organisation Uganda   
			 
			 University of Warwick UK Accelerated breeding of black rot resistant brassicas for the benefit of east African smallholders. 729,705 
			 CABI Kenya   
			 Central Science Laboratory UK   
			 
			 Rothamsted UK Towards incorporating the biosynthetic transformation required for Striga inhibition from Desmodium into edible legume intercrops. 620,877 
			 International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Kenya   
			 
			 Rothamsted UK Nutrient regulation of the saprotroph to parasite transition in Pochonia chlamydosporia, a soil microbial inoculant for nematode control. 408,308 
			 University of Nairobi Kenya   
			 
			 Aberdeen UK Characterizing genetic and soil induced variation in arsenic uptake, translocation and metabolism in rice to mitigate arsenic contamination in Asia. 657,328 
			 Calcutta University India   
			 Bangladesh Agricultural University Bangladesh   
			 Chinese Academy of Sciences China   
			 International Rice Research Institute Philippines   
			 Rothamsted UK   
			 
			 National Institute of Agricultural Botany UK Cis-acting regulatory elements in the rice genome: a novel source of alleles for rice breeding. 607,807 
			 International Rice Research Institute Philippines   
			 
			 Sheffield (WARDA) UK Unravelling the molecular genetic basis of Striga resistance in cereals: integrating Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) and genomic approaches. 596,880 
			 International Crops India   
			 Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics African Rice Center Senegal   
			 National Institute of Agricultural Botany UK   
			 
			 Lancaster University UK Understanding the mechanisms of persistence and dispersal of an insect pathogen and its potential for novel strategic control of African armyworms. 617,328 
			 Natural Resources Institute, Greenwich UK   
			 Laurentian University Canada   
			 Sokoine University of Agriculture Tanzania   
			 
			 Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research UK Integrating genomics and mapping approaches to improve pearl millet productivity in drought prone regions of Africa and Asia. 634,859 
			 International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics India   
			 University of Cape Coast Ghana   
			 All India Coordinated RP on Pearl Millet India

Genetically Modified Organisms: Finance

Peter Lilley: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's policy is on providing support for research into the development and use of genetically modified species variations.

Gareth Thomas: DFID recognises that the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can have potential significant benefits for farmers in developing countries if applied safely and responsibly. At the same time, an over-riding objective is to safeguard human health and the environment and to give consumers informed choices. Our policy is that DFID will support research involving GMOs as long as international rules, including the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, are followed and which is targeted to help developing countries make their own informed choices about whether to use GM technologies.

Biofuel: Buses

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will assess the effect of the addition of five per cent. blend of biodiesel in fuel tanks to fuel on commercial bus operations of fungus growth in such tanks.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Government are aware that in some circumstances the use of biodiesel blends can be associated with bacterial contamination in fuel tanks. The problem tends to arise particularly where the biodiesel does not meet the relevant fuel quality standards. The issue is not a new one: biodiesel blends have been used for many years by bus operators in the UK and other countries. It can generally be addressed through good housekeeping practices, such as regular tank cleaning, and by the use of various fuel additives. These are matters for the transport fuel industry to resolve: commercial bus operators and others should ensure that fuel quality requirements are covered in any fuel supply contracts.

Bus Services: Concessions

James Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many senior citizen bus passes were delayed on account of her Department's failure to give the necessary information to the contractors EUCLID in good time.

Rosie Winterton: None. However, I understand that a number of travel concession authorities have their passes produced by Euclid. The Department had nothing to do with any arrangements made by authorities with Euclid.

Health Services

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether her Department provides health or social care services out of public funds, with reference to the statement by the Minister of State, Department of Health, in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee, of 17 January 2008,  Official Report, column 327.

Jim Fitzpatrick: Across the Department for Transport there are employee assistance providers who provide support to employees. The service, funded by the Department, provides professional advice, guidance and in some cases counselling sessions for staff who could be facing a variety of personal problems.
	The Department also has access to qualified occupational health advisers who provide medical and health related advice that includes advice on sick absence cases, pre-employment health checks, work station assessments and medical check-ups in specific work areas.
	Exceptionally the Department may pay towards the cost of physiotherapy or cognitive behavioural therapy both to assist in the employee's return to work and as a preventative measure. It would need to be clearly demonstrated that the therapy would result in an earlier return to work than would otherwise be the case. In these cases we would work with our occupational health advisers to agree the best course of action.
	These professional services and support mechanisms support the Department in its drive to promote employee well-being, reduce sickness absence and facilitate a return to work as soon as possible.

Lorries

Emily Thornberry: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 
	(1)  what estimate she has made of the number of lorries which will be required to comply with European legislation on the retro-fitting of safety mirrors; and how many lorries will be exempt because they were registered before 2000;
	(2)  for what reasons the Government do not plan to require older lorries with suitable cabs to have additional safety mirrors fitted;
	(3)  what the Government's timetable is to implement European legislation on retro fitting of safety mirrors to lorries registered in the UK before 2000 in order to meet the deadline of March 2009 stipulated in the relevant Directive.

Jim Fitzpatrick: There are approximately 419,000 currently registered goods vehicles and 161,000 of these are exempt from the retro-fit requirement because the cab-height is too low for the mirrors to be installed. Around 157,000 vehicles will be upgraded by the retro-fit requirement and the remaining 100,000 are exempt because they were registered prior to 2000.
	The Council of Ministers considered an earlier introduction date than 1 January 2000 for the new requirements but concluded that the cost of converting older vehicles would be disproportionate to their remaining life. The Government are therefore implementing the European directive for vehicles registered from this date.
	We are in the process of transposing, the retro-fit directive for existing heavy goods vehicles. This will be enforced from 31 March 2009.

Lorries: Accidents

Stephen Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents involving  (a) British and  (b) foreign-registered lorries on roads in the UK resulted in (i) fatalities and (ii) injuries in each year since 1997.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The numbers of reported personal injury road accidents involving  (a) British Heavy Goods Vehicles and  (b) foreign registered Heavy Goods Vehicles in Great Britain resulting in fatalities and injuries are:
	
		
			  Number of accidents 
			   British HGV( 1)  Foreign registered HGV( 1) 
			   Fatalities  Injuries( 2)  Fatalities  Injuries( 2) 
			 2005 407 9,428 27 1,071 
			 2006 365 9,146 31 1,010 
			 (1) HGV = Heavy Goods Vehicle over 3.5 tonnes maximum permissible weight gross vehicle weight (gvw).  (2) Injury = serious and slight injury.   Note:  Where there are accidents involving both British and foreign registered vehicles, they will appear in each of their categories. 
		
	
	Prior to 2005, it was not possible to identify foreign registered separately.

M180

Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reason the M180 was closed on 31 March 2008; on whose authority the closure took place; and what guidance she issues on the appropriate action to be taken in closing motorways following an incident.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The M180 was closed on 31 March 2008 between junctions 2 and 1 both westbound and eastbound from 9.20 am to 4.36 pm following a fatal accident involving five vehicles.
	The M180 was closed by South Yorkshire Police to enable them to manage the incident safely and to facilitate their investigation into the incident.
	The Highways Agency's Traffic Officer Service works closely with local police forces when dealing with these incidents, applying the principles set out in the national guidance framework document that was signed by both the Highways Agency and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) when the Traffic Officer Service was established. The decision as to whether a motorway should be closed is, however a local one, taking into account factors such as the particular circumstances of the incident, traffic conditions, the safety of the travelling public and the safety of the emergency service personnel involved in dealing with the incident.

Transport: Finance

David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps she is taking to ensure that regional transport funding is distributed on an equitable basis.

Rosie Winterton: I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to his question of 12 March 2008,  Official Report, column 448W.
	We have already increased investment in transport in all regions. By 2008 transport spending will be 80 per cent. higher in real terms than in 1997, and we will continue to take account of the needs of all regions in making investment decisions.
	The introduction of regional funding allocations has allowed regions to align these increased funding levels to their key priorities and needs, delivering the best outcome for each region.

Fraud

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on how many occasions staff employed by his Department defrauded his Department in the last 10 years. [Official Report, 3 June 2008, Vol. 476, c. 9MC.]

Anne McGuire: The Department for Work and Pensions was created in April 2001 and information is held centrally only from April 2003. To try to obtain information for earlier years would be a disproportionate cost. Figures are not yet available for 2007-08.
	Information is not available in the exact format requested but the figures shown in the following table show the number of instances of attempted or actual fraud where the investigation was completed in the year stated, together with the average number of staff in post in each year. The figures relate to all the benefits administered by DWP, theft of assets and financial irregularities:
	
		
			   Employee fraud against the benefits system  Other fraud by employees  Staff in post 
			 2003-04 23 78 130,786 
			 2004-05 4 44 126,988 
			 2005-06 52 99 119,972 
			 2006-07 51 75 114,500

Incapacity Benefits: Medical Examinations

Ian Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to ensure that employment and support allowance assessments take account of the characteristics of different health conditions, with particular reference to the fluctuations inherent in symptomatic severity of myalgic encephalopathy; and if he will make a statement.

Stephen Timms: The new Work Capability Assessment for Employment and Support Allowance will be a fair, robust and accurate assessment of limited capability for work which takes account of all conditions, including those that are long term and that fluctuate such as myalgic encephalopathy.
	The Work Capability Assessment is not a snapshot of a person's condition on the day of the assessment. In assessing whether a person can carry out any given activity, health care professionals must take into account the person's condition over a reasonable period of time. They must take into account the effects of symptoms such as pain and fatigue. In this way the Work Capability Assessment takes account of the effects of fluctuating conditions.
	If there is a change in a person's disabling condition, there will be a provision to refer the person to an approved healthcare professional so that we can determine afresh whether or not the person has limited capability for work, or limited capability for work-related activity.

Military Medical Policy

David Borrow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what mechanisms his Department has in place to use lessons learned from operational theatres in the development of military medical policy.

Derek Twigg: Military medical policy is continually developing in the light of evidence emerging from the front-line experiences of our deployed medical personnel and coalition allies, and we work closely with the NHS to feed these into clinical practice. For example the Major Trauma Audit for Clinical Effectiveness is a process of continuous clinical audit to enable quality improvement; and our weekly Joint Theatre Clinical Case Conferences, share experience and expertise between clinicians deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and experts in the UK.

Iraq

Andrew MacKay: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future role of British forces in Iraq.

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future deployment of British forces in Iraq.

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future role of British forces in Iraq.

Des Browne: I refer the hon. Members to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Forest of Dean (Mr. Harper)

Armed Forces: Influenza

Andrew Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to paragraph four of the Defence Medical Services Department's policy letter of 20 January 2006 entitled The use of influenza vaccines and anti-virals in the event of an influenza pandemic, reference DMSD/13/1/4, if he will reassess the assumption on the proportion of the armed forces who may be affected during the course of a pandemic; and if he will make a statement.

Derek Twigg: MOD pandemic influenza planning assumptions on overall clinical attack rates are based on modelling provided by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), which underpin the National Planning Framework. In 2006 this accorded with the national plan that 25 to 33 per cent. of the armed forces overall may be affected during the course of a pandemic. However, in line with the revised National Planning Framework issued in 2007, which raised the upper potential impact to 50 per cent., our planning is being adjusted to reflect this higher potential clinical attack rate.

Armed Forces: Training

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what training personnel serving in the Queen's Colour Squadron received prior to their deployment to Afghanistan in spring 2008.

Bob Ainsworth: The Queen's Colour Squadron is not currently committed to squadron-level operations in Afghanistan. However, a small number of its personnel have been deployed on force-protection duties there since last October. Prior to their deployment personnel undertook an intensive training package designed specifically for their role in Afghanistan. The package included briefings, practical training and an intensive series of live firing exercises.

Future Large Aircraft: Procurement

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the A400M aircraft ordered by his Department will have an explosive suppressive foam capability to respond to fuel tank explosions.

Bob Ainsworth: holding answer 21 April 2008
	Explosion suppressant foam is one of several fuel tank inciting systems available to prevent fuel tank explosion. An alternative inciting system is the on board inert gas generation system (OBIGGS), such as that fitted as standard to C-17s.
	All but one of our A400M aircraft will, during manufacture, will be fitted with the necessary equipment to enable fuel tank inciting to be installed. The one exception to this is an early development aircraft which is already under construction and cannot be fitted with the enabling pipework for fuel tank inciting during its production. We are currently looking at ways to address this shortfall.

Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

Philip Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of service casualties on current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have been killed and injured in incidents involving roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices.

Bob Ainsworth: holding answer 25 April 2008
	The percentage of fatalities of UK service personnel resulting from improvised explosive devices or mines is 27 per cent. for operations in Afghanistan and 28 per cent. for operations in Iraq.
	Data on the proportion of injuries caused by improvised explosive devices or mines is not held centrally.

NATO Response Force

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what mechanisms the NATO Response Force is funded; and if he will make a statement.

Des Browne: Costs associated with the NATO Response Force (NRF) are borne directly by the nations providing the force elements; common funding arrangements are not applied. The exception to this is a time-limited arrangement (until the end of 2009), by which common funding can be used to defray the costs associated with the short-notice deployment of elements of the NRF. This is intended to allow nations a reasonable period of time in which to acquire - individually, collectively or by ensuring access tothe strategic lift capability they need to be able to deploy their own forces.

Coal Mining: Bangladesh

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 
	(1)  what support his Department has provided to promote the proposal by the UK company Global Coal Management Resources PLC for an opencast coal mine at Phulbari in North West Bangladesh;
	(2)  if he will have discussions with the Bangladesh government on the proposal by the UK company Global Coal Management Resources PLC for an opencast coal mine at Phulbari in North West Bangladesh.

Gareth Thomas: We have provided support to Global Coal Management Resources PLC, through the British high commission in Dhaka. They have lobbied to ensure that the Government of Bangladesh take the company's interests into consideration and do not prohibit opencast mining. The British high commission will continue to remain in touch with the company and will represent their interests as appropriate. The Bangladeshi Caretaker Government's new draft coal policy leaves the way open for opencast mining in Bangladesh in the future.

Departmental Public Participation

Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many public consultations were held by her Department and its predecessor in each of the last three years; and how many respondents took part in each consultation.

Parmjit Dhanda: As reported in the annual reports of my Department and its predecessor, and as set out in the Government summaries of responses, the following public consultations were held in each of the last three years:
	In the calendar year 2005 my predecessor Department ODPM launched 57 public consultations.
	In the calendar year 2006 my Department launched 34 public consultations.
	In the calendar year 2007 my Department launched 48 public consultations.
	Identifying how many respondents took part in each consultation could be done so only at disproportionate cost. The number of responses to these consultations varies greatly. For example there were only 76 responses to our consultation on Tolerated Trespassers issued in August 2007. However, there were 55,000 responses for our consultation on Proposals for Future Unitary Structures issued in March 2007.

Local Authorities: Planning

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether a local authority is permitted to relocate a housing allocation published in its local plan or local development framework from one site to another.

Iain Wright: The housing allocations in the Stroud district local plan, adopted on 10 November 2005, was saved for three years after this date by a direction issued by the Secretary of State. Following this date, the housing provision should be reviewed and updated to take account of the up to date strategic requirements of PPS3 and amended through the local development framework process by Stroud district council. This will include a review of all remaining housing allocations from the local plan.

Local Government Finance

Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much central government grant per head was paid to each  (a) county council and  (b) unitary authority in England excluding grant to police authorities and local education authorities in the last financial year for which figures are available.  [Official Report, 30 April 2008, Vol. 475, c. 6MC.]

John Healey: The amount of central government funding paid to each county council and unitary authority excluding grant to police authorities and local education authorities in any financial year is zero because county councils and unitary authorities and all local education authorities.

Identity Cards: Foreigners

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what characteristics distinguish the identity cards to be issued to foreign nationals from the visas that are currently issued to them.

Liam Byrne: The identity card for foreign nationals will be a highly secure polycarbonate card which will contain the holder's biometric identifiers in a tamperproof embedded chip including a photograph and two fingerprints. The visas issued contain photographs but unlike the cards do not store the fingerprints that are enrolled when an application is made outside the UK. The biometric data collected as part of the visa application process is checked against immigration records in the UK.

Immigration Officers: Sick Leave

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many self-certified days of sick leave were taken per head by  (a) immigration officers,  (b) other Border and Immigration Agency staff,  (c) police and  (d) staff in her core Department in each of the last five years.

Liam Byrne: The number of self-certified sick days of leave taken per head by immigration officers and other border and immigration staff in each of the last three years are shown in the following table.
	
		
			   Number 
			  Immigration officers  
			 2005 1.70 
			 2006 1.80 
			 2007 2.04 
			   
			  BIA staff  
			 2005 1.63 
			 2006 1.47 
			 2007 1.51 
		
	
	The periods are calendar years2005, 2006 and 2007. Data previous to 2005 is unavailable due to lack of central recording. All data is obtained from the Home Office personnel systemAdelphi.
	 Police
	The number of self-certified sick days of leave taken by police staff in each of the last three years are shown in the following table.
	
		
			   Days  Hours 
			 2002-03 10.4  
			 2003-04 9.6  
			 2004-05  70.9 
			 2005-06  69.3 
			 2006-07  69.7 
		
	
	Data on police officer self-certified absence is not available. Data is collected for all sick absences and since 2004-05 is collated and published as part of the Policing Performance Assessment Framework (PPAF). This data is in the form of working hours lost to sickness and are published on the Home Office website. Data for and prior to 2003-04, are not on the same basis as those available for 2004-05 onwards. This earlier data is the form of working days lost.
	 Core Home Office
	The number of self-certified sick days of leave taken by core Home Office staff in each of the last three years are shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Core staff 
			  Calendar year  Days 
			 2005 0.68 
			 2006 0.83 
			 2007 0.89 
		
	
	Data prior to 2005 is unavailable due to lack of central recording of data. The information has been obtained from the Home Office personnel databaseAdelphi.

Police: Stun Guns

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures govern the use of Taser-style electric shock weapons by police; and what training police officers are required to receive before using such weapons.

Vernon Coaker: Following a trial in five forces in 2003, the Home Secretary agreed to allow Chief Officers of all forces in England and Wales to make the laser available to authorised firearms officers as a less lethal alternative for use in situations where a firearms authority has been granted in accordance with criteria laid down in the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Manual of Guidance on Police Use of Firearms.
	Following a request by ACPO my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary agreed in July 2007 that laser may be deployed by an authorised firearms officer beyond situations in which a firearms authority would be granted. In these cases, officers would be facing violence or threats of violence of such severity that they would need to use force to protect the public, themselves and/or the subjects.
	My right hon. Friend also agreed to a 12 month trial, from 1 September 2007, in 10 selected forces of use of laser in similar circumstances by specially trained units who are not authorised firearms officers.
	Full policy and operational guidance documents on the use of laser has been issued by ACPO, and there is a rigorous selection procedure for officers which is fully set out in the ACPO guidance. laser is only issued to specially trained officers who have successfully completed approved ACPO sponsored training in the use of the device. All officers will be required to successfully complete annual refresher training.

Ports: Arrests

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were  (a) detained and  (b) arrested at UK ports in the last five years.

Jacqui Smith: Information pertaining to the number of people detained at UK ports is not fully available due to a change in our data collation systems in 2003. Figures relating to 2003 do not therefore reflect the full year.
	Information relating to persons detained at ports falls into two areas: Those who do not immediately satisfy the Immigration Officer of their eligibility to enter, or who are subject to further examination, and those who are further detained pending the outcome of their application or following refusal of leave to enter.
	In the interests of completeness, figures have been provided in relation to persons detained in order to be subjected to further examination.
	Totals of persons initially detained (at the arrivals control) are as follows:
	
		
			   Number 
			 2003 62,088 
			 2004 61,113 
			 2005 48,110 
			 2006 49,392 
			 2007 54,033 
		
	
	This data provided above has been compiled from locally held management information and as such does not represent national statistics. It may therefore be subject to change.
	Figures relating to arrests at UK ports are available only from April 2006, as these were not previously recorded centrally. Figures for March 2003-06 relate only to Heathrow and Gatwick, and all figures relate only to arrests by Immigration Crime Teams as follows:
	
		
			  Number 
			   Heathrow  Gatwick  Total 
			 April 2003 to march 2004 206 160 366 
			 April 2004 to March 2005 410 196 606 
			 April 2005 to March 2006 725 338 1,163 
			 April 2006 to March 20057   1,321 
			 April 2007 to February 2008   957 
		
	
	Numbers of persons arrested by HM Revenue and Customs are available only from April 2005 until March 2007, and are as follows:
	
		
			   Number 
			 April 2005 to March 2006 2,152 
			 April 2006 to March 2006 2,222

Work Permits

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  how many employers in the residential and care home industries were  (a) prosecuted and  (b) fined for employing workers without valid work permits in each of the last three years;
	(2)  how many agricultural employers were  (a) prosecuted and  (b) fined for employing workers without valid work permits in each of the last three years;
	(3)  how many people were  (a) arrested for,  (b) prosecuted for and  (c) convicted of working illegally in the UK without a valid work permit in each of the last three years;
	(4)  how much was collected in fines from employers of workers without valid work permits in each of the last three years;

Liam Byrne: There are no centrally collated reports on how many employers have been prosecuted specifically within the residential care home and agricultural industries.
	The Home Office publishes statistics on the number of persons proceeded against for offences under Immigration Acts 1971 to 2004 in England and Wales on an annual basis in table 6.7 of the Control of Immigration: Statistics Command Paper. Published statistics on immigration and asylum are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate web site at:
	http://www/homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html
	No data is held centrally on the total amount of fines collected from employers prosecuted for employing those without a valid work permit.

Workers Registration Scheme: Greater London

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have registered on the Workers Registration Scheme in each London borough in each year since the scheme was introduced.

Liam Byrne: The Home Office only records the regional distribution of workers from A8 countries when they first registered to the Workers Registration Scheme. Data by local authority was published in February 2008 in concert with the Accession Monitoring Report (AMR) on the Local Government Analysis and Research (LGAR) website.
	The table shows the last published available data by local authority for the number of workers when they first registered to the Worker Registration Scheme (WRS) in each London borough since the scheme was introduced.
	The figures quoted are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.
	
		
			  Local authority  May 2004 to March 2006  April to December 2006  January to December 2007 
			 Barking and Dagenham 250 85 135 
			 Barnet 3,170 580 1,155 
			 Bexley 285 85 130 
			 Brent 2,160 685 1,070 
			 Bromley 515 155 220 
			 Camden 5,435 1,640 2,335 
			 City of London 1,955 710 915 
			 Croydon 1,225 390 610 
			 Ealing 3,745 1,310 1,970 
			 Enfield 1,175 465 625 
			 Greenwich 750 340 485 
			 Hackney 1,255 330 540 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 2,555 1,120 1,380 
			 Haringey 1,650 410 580 
			 Harrow 1,410 500 810 
			 Havering 285 220 260 
			 Hillingdon 2,785 875 1,355 
			 Hounslow 1,785 670 1,045 
			 Islington 1,715 505 745 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 2,440 595 820 
			 Kingston upon Thames 705 205 285 
			 Lambeth 1,060 420 525 
			 Lewisham 625 150 195 
			 Merton 1,280 395 535 
			 Newham 1,045 335 330 
			 Redbridge 625 635 750 
			 Richmond upon Thames 1,190 340 500 
			 Southwark 3,110 845 1,220 
			 Sutton 345 115 160 
			 Tower Hamlets 1,515 585 845 
			 Waltham Forest 900 275 505 
			 Wandsworth 1,890 515 630 
			 Westminster 11,745 3,270 4,260 
			 Total 62,575 19,775 27,920 
			  Notes: 1. 98 per cent. of approved nationwide applications currently have an accurate postcode. Applications where postcodes could not be matched to the Office of National Statistics database are excluded from this data-set. 2. Figures based on Employers address and the date the application is approved, rather than the date on the application form as used in the Accession Monitoring Report. 3. Figures are rounded to nearest five. 4. Because of rounding, figures may not add up to total shown. 5. The table presents a gross (cumulative) figure for the number of workers applying to the WRS. The figures are not current: an individual who has registered to work and who leaves employment is not required to de-register, so some of those counted will have left the employment for which they registered and indeed some are likely to have left the UK.

Young Offender Institutions: Violence

David Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many incidents of  (a) inmate on inmate and  (b) inmate on staff violence were reported in each (i) young offender institution and (ii) secure training centre in each of the last five years.

Maria Eagle: The information requested is as follows:
	 (i) Assaults in Young Offender Institutions
	The information requested is set out in the following table but is subject to important qualifications. The Prison Service incident reporting system processes high volumes of data which are constantly being updated. The numbers provide a good indication of overall numbers but should not be interpreted as absolute. Assault data is complex and may include threatening behaviour, projection of bodily fluids and other non-contact incidents. Information on assault incidents may involve more than one assailant or more than one victim. In a proportion of incidents only the victim is known.
	Assault information is recorded at establishment level in four categories:
	Prisoner on Prisoner, Prisoner on Officer, Other (including miscellaneous assault information) and Prisoner on Other. Rises or falls in reported numbers from one year to the next are not a good indicator of underlying trend for a particular prison. Additionally there have been improvements in reporting over the years, and this is reflected in the following tables.
	
		
			  (a) Prisoner on  p risoner 
			  Prison Name  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			 Ashfield 271 304 500 625 653 
			 Aylesbury 26 21 78 80 79 
			 Brinsford 304 326 344 187 187 
			 Castington 312 384 361 360 385 
			 Deerbolt 167 205 164 152 160 
			 Feltham 569 576 549 476 427 
			 Glen Parva 241 230 269 341 364 
			 Hindley 177 63 112 348 498 
			 Huntercombe 77 79 95 184 280 
			 Lancaster Farms (1)17 185 435 363 357 
			 Northallerton 82 84 104 82 100 
			 Onley 509 (2)r (2) (2) (2) 
			 Portland 61 125 154 127 192 
			 Reading 23 25 76 57 45 
			 Rochester 51 102 78 100 75 
			 Stoke Heath 137 239 438 506 527 
			 Swinfen Hall 110(2) (2) (2) (2)  
			 Thorn Cross 39 7 19 143 84 
			 Warren Hill 93 162 256 268 321 
			 Werrington 129 104 139 143 141 
			 Wetherby 175 414 492 403 353 
			 (1) Incomplete data.  (2) In 2004 YOI Onley and YOi Swinfen Hall were re-rolled as HMP/YOI Onley and HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall . From this date they are no longer technically YOI's as they also hold adults. 
		
	
	
		
			  (b) Prisoner on staff( 1) 
			  Prison Name  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			 Ashfield 70 90 180 136 100 
			 Aylesbury 15 6 17 18 14 
			 Brinsford 39 34 19 10 17 
			 Castington 56 57 50 46 46 
			 Deerbolt 6 28 33 22 34 
			 Feltham 103 173 138 118 107 
			 Glen Parva 29 39 31 45 56 
			 Hindley 27 14 32 58 48 
			 Huntercombe 9 15 15 .33 24 
			 Lancaster Farms 9 28 47 56 39 
			 Northallerton 9 22 14 9 8 
			 Onley 98 (2) (2) (2) (2) 
			 Portland 16 39 40 42 39 
			 Reading 7 16 16 12 9 
			 Rochester 16 18 23 13 4 
			 Stoke Heath 20 39 56 69 76 
			 Swifffen Hall 9 (2) (2) (2) (2) 
			 Thorn Cross 4 1  4 1 
			 Warren Hill 12 21 34 42 50 
			 Werrington 24 19 19 22 12 
			 Wetherby 4 77 72 60 37 
			 (1) Prisoner on Officer and Prisoner on Other categories are used in this table and there may be some over inclusion, for example assaults on visitors may be recorded in the Prisoner on Other category.  (2) In 2004 YOI Onley and YOI Swifen hall wre re-rolled as HMP/YOI Onley and HMP YOI Swiffen hall. From this date they are no longer technicall YOIs as they also hold adults. 
		
	
	 (ii) Assaults in Secure Training Centres
	While the Youth Justice Board collects data from all secure establishments the information requested is only available from the period April 2007. The total number of incidents involving  (a) trainee and trainee, and  (b) trainee on staff for the period of April 2007 to March 2008 is as follows:
	
		
			  Secure Training Centre  Young person on young person  Young person on staff 
			 Hassockfield STC 98 62 
			 Medway STC 168 252 
			 Oakhill STC 258 557 
			 Rainsbrook STC 108 197

Young Offenders: Custodial Sentencing

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many  (a) 15,  (b) 16 and  (c) 17 year olds were given custodial sentences in each police force area since 1997; and what the average length of sentences was.

Maria Eagle: The requested information is contained in the following tables.
	Statistics for 2007 will be published in the autumn.
	
		
			  Persons aged 15 to 17 sentenced( 1)  to immediate custody by police force area and age, England and Wales, 1997 to 2006 
			  Number of persons 
			   1997  1998  1999  2000  2001 
			  Force  15  16  17  15  16  17  15  16  17  15  16  17  15  16  17 
			 Avon and Somerset 11 30 55 9 26 48 2 21 45 11 23 50 15 28 42 
			 Bedfordshire 23 30 55 21 63 47 23 41 52 18 20 40 14 17 44 
			 Cambridgeshire 13 21 45 8 25 44 15 28 48 13 20 40 15 30 28 
			 Cheshire 13 41 58 18 29 60 21 27 63 19 30 56 16 36 58 
			 City of London   2 
			 Cleveland 24 50 73 19 30 77 17 30 66 22 33 62 15 22 41 
			 Cumbria 15 23 28 10 17 45 16 16 38 16 20 35 18 33 38 
			 Derbyshire 19 34 46 23 35 56 26 44 79 21 34 46 19 38 46 
			 Devon and Cornwall 19 37 49 7 31 66 13 17 59 3 15 27 7 11 19 
			 Dorset 4 12 28 5 13 32 15 16 30 10 13 20 5 7 19 
			 Durham 18 36 41 20 31 67 30 54 67 13 32 52 13 28 42 
			 Essex 30 65 91 19 62 112 26 37 83 30 49 59 31 63 104 
			 Gloucestershire 2 4 43 7 4 26 3 10 24 6 16 36 6 12 12 
			 Greater Manchester 90 182 316 94 182 290 117 185 280 127 170 275 128 220 287 
			 Hampshire 23 33 85 22 66 73 41 93 120 59 72 111 34 53 90 
			 Hertfordshire 9 14 37 6 13 26 5 18 34 3 23 48 13 18 34 
			 Humberside 20 52 77 33 46 87 20 57 91 21 31 50 39 40 60 
			 Kent 27 67 74 31 78 105 24 45 77 32 42 64 42 55 88 
			 Lancashire 30 76 120 31 65 113 27 78 104 31 59 100 37 56 87 
			 Leicestershire 56 72 100 26 63 110 28 69 95 30 50 86 47 46 77 
			 Lincolnshire  10 46 6 9 29 10 4 30 3 9 29 3 19 33 
			 Merseyside 34 64 112 24 67 115 30 74 83 44 81 113 49 83 124 
			 Metropolitan Police 174 311 544 166 316 494 151 329 513 173 328 502 177 344 464 
			 Norfolk 4 5 20 7 9 23 7 20 29 7 19 20 13 13 22 
			 North Yorkshire 12 28 36 10 23 38 15 22 56 13 26 53 17 19 44 
			 Northamptonshire 2 11 38 8 25 39 8 29 48 12 8 33 3 24 16 
			 Northumbria 51 121 141 47 105 171 41 102 190 35 63 128 33 81 117 
			 Nottinghamshire 42 72 125 37 76 113 43 64 120 42 55 115 49 50 87 
			 South Yorkshire 53 67 133 41 59 124 20 56 110 43 67 100 36 58 85 
			 Staffordshire 16 26 69 17 32 59 17 45 71 4 44 51 42 34 66 
			 Suffolk 3 16 23 8 11 28 7 23 45 6 13 32 4 12 19 
			 Surrey 7 17 16 6 16 19  10 17 1 13 16 10 13 25 
			 Sussex 9 43 63 10 56 70 14 28 63 11 27 61 22 35 66 
			 Thames Valley 8 43 80 14 47 73 12 38 83 34 61 98 25 61 87 
			 Warwickshire 9 12 23 3 9 19 11 15 24 11 8 39 9 13 23 
			 West Mercia 12 28 50 8 37 50 12 33 70 23 32 56 23 42 63 
			 West Midlands 97 200 332 94 208 335 103 220 358 112 217 332 151 231 345 
			 West Yorkshire 61 98 190 58 105 183 79 131 236 69 113 169 53 139 181 
			 Wiltshire 1 14 20 9 12 18 5 19 25 5 15 30 5 5 15 
			 Dyfed-Powys 3 9 19 5 3 16 3 3 24 1 11 17 8 11 7 
			 Gwent 3 17 39 19 29 53 18 32 46 8 18 32 5 13 21 
			 North Wales 6 11 31 7 13 31 14 19 36 7 28 30 23 18 29 
			 South Wales 40 68 117 59 96 128 55 106 153 55 92 147 71 89 96 
		
	
	
		
			  Number of persons 
			   2002  2003  2004  2005  2006 
			  Force  15  16  17  15  16  17  15  16  17  15  16  17  15  16  17 
			 Avon and Somerset 26 30 58 12 39 47 11 32 58 12 24 39 10 25 40 
			 Bedfordshire 19 24 24 8 25 30 15 24 43 15 32 41 13 21 24 
			 Cambridgeshire 7 23 34 15 30 48 7 23 39 14 13 23 11 24 21 
			 Cheshire 15 27 51 14 50 42 15 19 48 22 42 78 27 41 52 
			 City of London  1 1 
			 Cleveland 12 33 47 10 26 41 15 17 33 8 28 29 15 31 26 
			 Cumbria 15 25 23 12 14 23 10 18 38 6 18 19 9 17 36 
			 Derbyshire 14 40 76 21 23 51 21 24 39 19 34 46 13 43 37 
			 Devon and Cornwall 6 9 11 4 8 9 1 6 13 6 12 13  4 8 
			 Dorset 14 13 29 10 11 16 10 12 12 6 11 21 9 8 23 
			 Durham 12 23 30 13 23 31 6 15 25 10 19 31 17 11 16 
			 Essex 37 57 95 40 46 78 25 66 84 28 48 63 39 52 65 
			 Gloucestershire 13 13 8 3 17 17 11 11 29 12 16 20 7 24 19 
			 Greater Manchester 113 190 238 90 148 218 106 155 236 74 158 230 112 151 233 
			 Hampshire 47 55 86 22 41 67 33 59 79 30 47 81 31 67 83 
			 Hertfordshire 13 23 44 12 24 34 7 17 43 14 39 32 11 19 39 
			 Humberside 15 35 59 19 36 68 47 55 46 34 46 69 24 46 76 
			 Kent 29 33 77 23 39 62 16 29 48 15 42 65 19 34 56 
			 Lancashire 41 75 97 35 46 70 35 46 69 25 47 91 37 52 67 
			 Leicestershire 25 45 94 22 34 72 17 38 60 15 28 42 13 31 35 
			 Lincolnshire 12 15 17 3 18 31 6 6 17 9 4 15 2 5 9 
			 Merseyside 32 74 94 43 59 123 34 63 103 44 66 100 49 65 97 
			 Metropolitan Police 184 371 532 163 237 374 163 275 432 146 270 387 172 320 470 
			 Norfolk 5 17 15 9 6 23 2 10 21 8 6 20 10 5 16 
			 North Yorkshire 6 16 25 8 10 30 7 10 24 6 21 21 5 9 31 
			 Northamptonshire 10 18 34 4 11 21 7 16 33 8 6 12 10 18 28 
			 Northumbria 40 68 86 27 51 75 28 35 62 21 51 58 24 39 61 
			 Nottinghamshire 47 72 98 42 59 100 28 68 75 42 60 97 39 52 77 
			 South Yorkshire 33 55 99 28 47 100 26 52 85 20 52 105 16 47 85 
			 Staffordshire 23 38 69 19 33 52 17 30 59 20 29 45 15 29 53 
			 Suffolk 7 9 20 5 14 26 15 24 26 18 16 31 13 20 36 
			 Surrey 4 9 20 4 25 11 3 11 22 8 15 13 5 14 20 
			 Sussex 22 35 48 21 43 29 15 30 36 17 22 56 13 35 38 
			 Thames Valley 26 53 117 22 33 66 13 29 64 9 27 61 23 39 64 
			 Warwickshire 9 16 29 1 1 15 2 7 13 8 10 18 6 12 14 
			 West Mercia 18 37 53 11 29 44 22 26 58 14 35 47 17 24 48 
			 West Midlands 145 255 318 112 167 265 131 191 275 93 164 234 87 167 212 
			 West Yorkshire 82 129 160 60 113 169 79 115 168 70 143 135 75 94 172 
			 Wiltshire 11 15 17 5 16 12 7 9 23 3 14 9 2 11 23 
			 Dyfed-Powys 5 12 7  6 8 2 3 9 1 3 12 3 6 17 
			 Gwent 6 12 17 10 23 25 17 23 53 20 25 27 14 28 49 
			 North Wales 13 27 27 17 25 32 8 22 42 16 20 38 22 25 41 
			 South Wales 45 91 127 47 64 106 33 78 111 29 62 94 39 62 88 
			 (1 )Principal offence basis.  Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.  Source: Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice 
		
	
	
		
			  Average determinate custodial sentence length( 1)  for persons aged 15 to 17 sentenced to immediate custody by police force area and age, England and Wales, 1997 to 2006 
			  Average custodial sentence length (months) 
			   1997  1998  1999  2000  2001 
			   15  16  17  15  16  17  15  16  17  15  16  17  15  16  17 
			 Avon and Somerset 16.2 9.3 8.0 9.3 8.9 8.9 4.0 10.9 8.7 5.9 9.9 7.2 8.5 13.0 8.0 
			 Bedfordshire 6.7 6.9 5.0 11.5 6.1 7.9 7.2 8.7 7.2 4.6 16.8 9.8 10.1 7.2 13.1 
			 Cambridgeshire 8.5 13.5 11.7 10.1 7.9 9.8 5.1 5.5 7.9 11.5 11.6 11.5 9.9 11.8 8.7 
			 Cheshire 11.1 6.6 9.2 7.7 11.8 11.1 5.3 9.0 8.0 6.9 10.7 9.7 7.6 7.8 7.6 
			 City of London   18.0 
			 Cleveland 7.1 11.2 10.3 8.4 6.7 10.3 3.9 9.0 8.4 10.8 10.5 9.0 8.3 8.7 7.6 
			 Cumbria 3.5 4.7 8.4 10.9 6.4 5.0 13.4 5.5 6.2 4.9 7.7 7.7 6.1 7.3 7.2 
			 Derbyshire 8.7 8.3 11.1 12.3 10.1 7.7 11.5 10.8 10.1 8.2 8.6 8.0 8.7 7.2 10.2 
			 Devon and Cornwall 10.1 7.4 11.4 14.3 5.9 7.8 7.4 9.5 6.9 6.3 7.3 6.8 17.4 14.5 22.8 
			 Dorset 3.2 5.1 9.6 6.8 7.2 12.8 3.2 4.7 5.5 6.8 4.5 6.9 12.0 5.1 6.8 
			 Durham 5.9 9.3 8.6 6.2 7.4 8.7 3.1 3.7 5.9 6.2 9.3 9.1 6.5 7.1 9.7 
			 Essex 9.5 5.3 7.4 6.9 4.3 6.7 5.6 4.8 6.5 5.5 6.7 8.2 7.6 8.3 8.6 
			 Gloucestershire 2.0 3.5 8.7 8.6 7.8 5.4 2.3 5.5 6.4 17.0 5.0 9.1 7.0 8.3 7.7 
			 Greater Manchester 9.6 7.9 10.7 8.9 10.2 9.1 7.4 9.3 9.1 8.3 9.1 11.2 9.0 10.1 11.1 
			 Hampshire 12.6 12.9 10.1 7.7 4.1 7.5 8.7 6.3 7.3 7.5 7.7 7.5 8.2 7.7 7.4 
			 Hertfordshire 12.0 10.4 6.8 21.2 7.6 4.5 3.2 7.6 10.4 4.0 8.2 13.8 9.7 11.6 9.5 
			 Humberside 6.4 9.6 7.5 6.9 8.8 9.3 6.0 8.0 9.8 11.1 10.7 11.4 9.1 9.0 8.0 
			 Kent 9.1 8.0 8.6 9.1 6.4 6.1 4.6 6.1 7.4 12.0 7.5 9.3 6.1 9.7 7.3 
			 Lancashire 14.6 7.9 7.7 8.0 8.1 6.9 11.6 8.3 11.2 7.5 7.3 8.7 8.9 8.1 9.3 
			 Leicestershire 6.9 8.7 9.0 8.1 7.6 7.3 5.0 8.8 13.4 9.1 8.4 10.7 5.7 7.1 10.9 
			 Lincolnshire  6.4 8.3 4.3 3.7 7.5 17.6 6.8 6.6 17.3 6.7 8.1 19.3 7.0 7.8 
			 Merseyside 7.1 8.4 8.6 4.2 7.1 8.4 4.2 6.8 6.2 6.6 9.2 8.2 8.1 7.4 8.4 
			 Metropolitan Police 16.5 15.5 13.1 9.1 11.3 12.0 9.9 9.9 11.9 9.4 11.5 12.3 8.6 11.6 11.0 
			 Norfolk 3.8 10.0 9.2 5.8 3.0 8.6 2.9 4.9 5.7 4.6 7.5 9.5 5.1 5.5 6.5 
			 North Yorkshire 7.0 4.5 6.2 4.2 5.0 8.8 8.3 6.0 6.2 7.4 6.3 8.0 12.6 10.8 11.7 
			 Northamptonshire 5.0 5.5 8.4 7.9 10.6 8.3 7.2 8.1 8.9 5.8 13.0 11.5 4.7 20.3 16.6 
			 Northumbria 6.1 10.0 9.7 4.5 7.1 7.3 4.4 7.1 7.6 9.3 8.3 9.8 9.9 10.2 10.5 
			 Nottinghamshire 11.5 12.1 12.2 11.1 15.8 12.0 9.2 11.7 10.8 8.2 11.5 11.5 10.0 7.8 12.2 
			 South Yorkshire 10.9 10.4 10.8 8.4 9.9 11.2 10.7 7.9 7.6 10.9 10.2 10.1 11.7 12.7 12.0 
			 Staffordshire 7.5 7.5 7.8 4.5 9.8 7.5 7.9 6.7 7.3 19.0 9.8 10.9 7.0 7.0 9.8 
			 Suffolk 20.0 6.5 8.8 8.5 4.2 12.0 5.5 6.5 7.7 8.0 10.6 9.9 5.5 12.0 9.9 
			 Surrey 18.4 19.0 20.0 4.5 8.2 5.8  3.4 13.0 4.0 6.1 7.9 5.2 10.5 5.8 
			 Sussex 4.7 6.2 7.8 2.8 6.1 7.2 11.6 11.0 8.7 5.9 11.3 11.2 7.6 7.7 8.6 
			 Thames Valley 4.8 9.1 9.0 3.4 6.8 9.3 9.6 8.9 10.4 5.5 8.6 9.5 8.8 9.9 9.5 
			 Warwickshire 4.4 6.5 8.2 2.3 10.9 12.3 7.6 7.9 10.5 7.6 5.5 13.3 14.2 10.8 17.1 
			 West Mercia 8.6 11.6 14.3 6.4 10.0 11.1 7.2 8.4 9.2 7.5 10.8 12.9 7.0 7.9 10.3 
			 West Midlands 10.1 8.6 9.8 9.8 9.9 10.2 8.0 8.8 8.3 8.1 8.2 10.7 8.5 9.3 9.8 
			 West Yorkshire 9.4 10.0 9.2 8.7 8.7 10.7 8.9 8.2 10.3 8.5 12.1 11.0 8.4 10.4 11.9 
			 Wiltshire 2.0 15.8 8.8 8.8 9.3 9.4 2.6 8.6 6.7 12.4 8.3 10.8 12.4 6.8 8.4 
			 Dyfed-Powys 6.7 18.0 7.1 23.0 3.3 5.4 13.0 2.7 4.6 4.0 6.1 10.5 5.0 12.7 5.4 
			 Gwent 5.0 13.3 5.3 8.1 5.1 8.2 5.2 3.5 5.5 9.8 17.4 6.2 15.2 12.2 13.9 
			 North Wales 16.5 5.5 7.5 7.7 9.8 8.4 7.4 13.7 5.7 6.6 8.4 11.3 6.9 9.4 8.4 
			 South Wales 6.4 8.7 9.9 6.8 8.3 7.7 6.8 7.1 7.8 7.2 9.0 10.3 7.7 8.2 8.2 
		
	
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			  Average custodial sentence length (months) 
			   2002  2003  2004  2005  2006 
			   15  16  17  15  16  17  15  16  17  15  16  17  15  16  17 
			 Avon and Somerset 7.5 12.2 13.6 9.5 7.4 9.3 9.5 11.4 12.2 8.7 7.8 10.2 8.2 10.2 8.4 
			 Bedfordshire 12.9 10.8 18.1 9.8 14.4 12.6 9.2 9.9 11.6 10.1 8.9 12.7 11.5 11.0 12.6 
			 Cambridgeshire 9.4 11.5 13.8 8.7 13.9 9.7 7.4 12.7 15.3 7.9 14.5 10.7 13.1 6.2 12.1 
			 Cheshire 13.9 9.9 12.2 7.9 11.4 8.8 7.5 18.2 11.5 10.3 13.2 10.3 9.9 8.5 10.4 
			 City of London  18.0 10.0 
			 Cleveland 14.3 13.7 13.5 7.2 14.5 15.4 14.0 9.2 10.4 14.5 13.5 9.7 7.6 10.5 10.5 
			 Cumbria 5.7 9.9 9.7 9.1 6.4 9.3 5.8 7.7 10.1 9.0 10.0 13.2 4.5 7.8 9.2 
			 Derbyshire 9.7 11.4 11.8 10.6 11.7 12.2 7.3 8.3 16.3 9.6 8.9 8.6 11.1 8.5 9.2 
			 Devon and Cornwall 14.3 19.0 12.2 5.0 14.4 22.2 24.0 20.7 24.5 14.7 19.5 19.8  13.0 22.5 
			 Dorset 5.4 6.8 15.9 5.0 4.9 8.4 15.0 5.5 5.8 9.0 20.7 10.1 11.1 10.0 12.9 
			 Durham 9.3 12.3 10.1 10.0 9.4 10.1 10.3 13.5 8.9 6.2 9.4 9.6 6.4 8.7 5.6 
			 Essex 10.7 9.4 6.9 6.4 7.0 8.6 8.1 8.2 8.4 5.4 9.0 10.3 6.2 6.7 8.9 
			 Gloucestershire 12.0 7.4 12.0 12.7 12.1 7.6 8.2 10.2 8.8 7.2 6.8 14.9 12.0 13.2 12.4 
			 Greater Manchester 11.9 13.2 11.8 9.8 10.6 12.5 8.3 10.0 11.2 8.5 10.4 9.8 8.3 9.3 11.5 
			 Hampshire 9.1 10.1 11.2 7.7 11.1 11.9 6.8 7.7 10.3 6.3 9.1 10.4 7.0 10.7 8.6 
			 Hertfordshire 16.2 19.1 12.0 7.0 8.8 20.0 10.9 8.6 14.1 5.0 9.4 10.6 7.6 11.3 8.0 
			 Humberside 6.5 11.3 13.4 7.6 9.4 10.0 9.8 9.7 11.5 7.2 7.7 10.5 6.8 10.4 11.8 
			 Kent 9.1 10.2 9.2 8.3 9.1 10.3 9.6 9.8 9.4 9.7 10.7 10.0 8.0 10.9 12.6 
			 Lancashire 11.2 10.4 10.5 7.3 9.4 10.1 10.9 10.3 10.4 8.2 8.6 13.9 7.8 8.8 12.9 
			 Leicestershire 8.5 8.4 14.2 7.4 7.7 9.5 10.1 10.2 13.1 13.1 10.4 10.9 6.2 7.6 8.5 
			 Lincolnshire 20.0 14.7 16.2 4.0 11.3 11.1 6.0 9.0 12.2 12.2 4.5 13.9 5.0 6.8 12.4 
			 Merseyside 6.6 10.0 13.2 8.0 8.9 9.3 9.5 8.0 11.7 7.8 10.0 11.1 10.2 10.2 11.2 
			 Metropolitan Police 12.3 10.6 14.4 12.0 12.9 14.1 11.3 13.3 15.9 10.8 11.9 14.2 10.4 13.2 15.9 
			 Norfolk 6.4 10.0 8.7 7.8 9.7 12.2 5.0 6.6 10.1 7.2 27.0 8.5 6.2 15.2 8.2 
			 North Yorkshire 9.7 15.2 11.0 12.2 10.8 8.3 9.7 7.4 8.8 13.6 11.9 10.6 12.0 10.4 12.0 
			 Northamptonshire 10.6 13.3 9.4 6.0 7.1 8.8 19.4 10.6 10.5 10.8 8.7 17.2 9.8 13.9 15.9 
			 Northumbria 11.4 8.6 11.2 7.6 8.4 10.8 14.8 7.8 9.4 9.4 11.9 11.3 7.4 7.5 8.7 
			 Nottinghamshire 9.1 13.1 13.4 14.7 11.9 14.9 11.1 12.9 13.9 7.6 8.8 11.9 11.2 10.4 14.0 
			 South Yorkshire 9.2 10.9 17.3 11.2 13.4 11.4 15.1 12.5 15.0 13.2 12.3 12.3 11.8 14.0 11.4 
			 Staffordshire 7.7 9.6 9.0 8.4 9.3 8.5 7.2 11.7 8.8 9.3 9.2 9.6 11.6 9.3 7.7 
			 Suffolk 9.1 20.3 13.4 6.8 7.3 12.5 8.0 8.1 10.5 5.6 5.8 7.7 6.6 6.5 9.7 
			 Surrey 4.5 16.7 8.9 10.5 10.2 9.1 10.0 9.6 14.1 8.8 6.4 17.5 14.8 11.5 11.3 
			 Sussex 7.6 7.7 14.9 10.8 8.9 11.2 7.9 11.9 11.7 6.5 12.1 11.2 7.5 11.7 12.2 
			 Thames Valley 11.3 9.5 12.2 9.8 7.0 11.6 14.9 12.4 12.3 7.2 9.0 9.1 9.4 9.6 10.4 
			 Warwickshire 15.6 9.5 13.8 4.0 12.0 12.3 24.0 14.0 9.8 6.2 25.8 11.1 38.8 19.0 14.9 
			 West Mercia 8.9 10.3 8.7 9.8 7.6 8.6 7.9 9.8 9.6 9.0 7.9 7.2 6.2 8.2 10.8 
			 West Midlands 9.6 9.7 10.8 8.6 9.9 10.7 8.9 8.6 10.9 8.4 10.1 10.2 8.4 11.2 11.2 
			 West Yorkshire 9.7 11.1 13.4 9.9 9.7 11.5 9.2 11.9 12.5 7.5 11.9 12.2 8.4 10.3 11.5 
			 Wiltshire 6.9 13.7 8.9 11.2 10.1 8.5 5.4 11.1 10.7 13.3 10.3 13.5 11.0 10.4 10.0 
			 Dyfed-Powys 6.8 10.3 12.0  6.0 7.2 8.0 6.0 5.3 4.0 6.0 7.7 5.3 5.7 8.9 
			 Gwent 6.3 13.5 11.8 15.8 11.8 10.4 8.4 9.7 11.7 7.3 8.7 9.6 6.4 7.8 8.8 
			 North Wales 7.4 6.0 6.1 12.6 7.4 8.6 7.8 13.7 9.6 6.9 6.1 9.5 7.1 7.6 9.0 
			 South Wales 10.1 10.5 11.2 8.0 10.3 7.6 7.2 10.1 10.1 7.0 8.5 8.7 7.2 8.5 8.9 
			 (1) Excludes life and indeterminate sentences.  Notes: 1. Small numbers of persons may result in unrepresentative average custodial sentence lengths. Where numbers are low, average custodial sentence lengths are susceptible to bias from individual cases and may not be representative of local sentencing practice. 2. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.  Source: Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice

10 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance

Eric Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what refurbishments and renovations of 10 Downing Street, including the Prime Minister's flat above Downing Street, have taken place since the Prime Minister took up office.

Tom Watson: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Fareham (Mr. Hoban) by the then Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office (Gillian Merron) on 14 January 2008,  Official Report, column 913W.

Departmental Records

Eric Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 13 December 2007,  Official Report, column 826W, on departmental records, which division of the Cabinet Office holds the records of the invoices and purchase orders formerly held by the Deputy Prime Minister's Office.

Tom Watson: The Deputy Prime Minister's Office residual responsibilities transferred to the Cabinet Office, although the records of invoices and purchase orders pertaining to the Deputy Prime Minister's Office are held by the Department for Communities and Local Government and not by the Cabinet Office.

Government Departments: Charities

Philip Davies: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the rules are governing the provision of office accommodation by Government Departments to charitable organisations; and if he will make a statement.

Tom Watson: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark) by the then Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Hilary Armstrong) on 22 March 2007,  Official Report, column 1099W.

Official Residences: Repairs and Maintenance

Eric Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 20 March 2008,  Official Report, column 1307W, on official residences: repairs and maintenance, what the infrastructure is that the Government intends to  (a) renew,  (b) upgrade and  (c) refurbish in Downing street.

Tom Watson: I have nothing further to add to the earlier answer.

Public Sector: Priory Healthcare

Michael Ancram: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many public sector staff, including military personnel, have been treated at cost to the public purse at branches of the Priory chain of rehabilitation and treatment centres in the last 10 years.

Tom Watson: Information on the cost to the public purse of public sector staff who have been treated at the Priory chain of rehabilitation and treatment centres is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.

Trade Unions

Margaret Moran: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what discussions he has had with trades union representatives on diversity among public service deliverers; and if he will make a statement.

Tom Watson: The Cabinet Office has met regularly with civil service union representatives to discuss actions being taken to achieve a truly diverse civil service workforce, and therefore a diverse group of people delivering public services. These meetings are ongoing.
	The procurement of private sector suppliers to deliver public services is governed by procurement policy. The Office of Government Commerce in HM Treasury leads on procurement policy.

Carbon Emissions

Alan Duncan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the change in UK carbon dioxide emissions between 2006 and 2007; what proportion of this was attributable to the Government's carbon tax and spend policies; and what the equivalent figures are excluding emissions reductions achieved by purchases from overseas under carbon trading arrangements.

Angela Eagle: In 2007, UK emissions of the basket of six greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto protocol were provisionally estimated to be 639.4 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent. This was 2 per cent. lower than the 2006 figure of 652.3 million tonnes. In 2007, UK net emissions of carbon dioxide were provisionally estimated to be 543.7 million tonnes. This was 2 per cent. lower than the 2006 figure of 554.5 million tonnes.
	The decrease resulted from fuel switching from coal to natural gas for electricity generation, combined with lower fossil fuel consumption by households and industry. Details of the Government's policies and their expected impact on emissions is set out in the Energy White Paper published in May 2007. Details of the impact of fiscal measures
	introduced by the Government are outlined in PBR and Budget documents, and were summarised in table 6.2 of Budget 2008.
	The Government see emissions trading as one of the most powerful tools available to tackle climate change in a cost effective manner. These figures do not include the effect of emissions trading as 2007 EU Emissions Trading Scheme results will not be available until May 2008. However, figures for 2006 show that including the impact of emissions trading through the EU ETS UK greenhouse gas emissions in 2006 were 20.7 per cent. below the 1990 level.

Coinage: Design

Roger Godsiff: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost was of organising the public competition to design the new set of British coins; and what the overall cost of the introduction of the new coins will be.

Angela Eagle: The estimated cost of the new coin designs is approximately 119,000 which includes, under the terms of the public competition, a 35,000 fee to the artist who submitted the final design.

Departmental Advertising

Philip Hammond: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 22nd February 2008, Official Report, column 1107W, on publication supplements, if he will place in the Library copies of the publication supplements commissioned by OGC Buying Solutions and HM Revenue and Customs.

Angela Eagle: The publication supplements were produced and distributed by Supply Management magazine not OGCbuying.solutions. We therefore do not hold a supply of copies, but will place a copy in the Library.
	HM Revenue and Customs did not commission the publication of any newspaper or magazine supplements in 2006-07.

Departmental Written Questions

David Davies: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many days it took on average to answer written parliamentary questions tabled by each hon. Member for answer by him in the last six months.

Angela Eagle: Information to the level of detail requested is obtainable only at disproportionate cost.
	Treasury Ministers are committed to answering written parliamentary questions promptly wherever possible. In the present parliamentary session 71 per cent. of the 2,063 ordinary written questions we have received have been answered within a working week of tabling (as provided for in Erskine May, Twenty-third Edition, page 342) and 56 per cent. of our 538 named day questions have been answered on the day nominated by questioners. The corresponding figures for the whole of the 2006-07 session were 83 per cent. (of 3,689 questions) and 71 per cent. (of 743 questions), respectively.

Excise Duties: Fuels

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effects of the change in fuel duty rates announced in Budget 2008 on those living in remote areas.

Angela Eagle: The Chancellor considers a range of factors when deciding on rates of fuel duty including social, economic and environmental ones. The planned fuel duty increase for April 2008 will now take place on 1 October 2008. This Budget 2008 decision is consistent with an overall stance of ensuring stability for the long-term, while maintaining responsiveness to short-term conditions.

Financial Services: Pay

John Spellar: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what conditions govern the payment of  (a) dividends and  (b) bonuses by banks and financial institutions which have received financial support from the public purse; and if he will make a statement.

Angela Eagle: The remuneration of the majority of staff of commercial undertakings is a matter for the boards of the organisations concerned. The normal practice for Executive Board remuneration is for the company's Remuneration Committee, formed of non executive directors, to put forward proposals for shareholder approval where any bank is in receipt of financial assistance, whether or not in public ownership.
	I refer the right hon. Member to what the Chief Secretary to the Treasury said in the House on 31 March,  Official Report, 585.

Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

Vincent Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his announcement on 23 April of measures to alleviate the impact of removing the 10 pence tax rate, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of these measures will be in  (a) 2008-09 and  (b) 2009-10.

Jane Kennedy: The Chancellor wrote to the Chair of the Commons Treasury Select Committee on 23 April to outline how the Government intend to do more to help low-income households. This letter made clear that a report into the issue will be published in the run-up to the pre-Budget report, and that the Chancellor will report back to the House in the pre-Budget report.

Minimum Wage: Prosecutions

Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many employers were prosecuted for paying employees at a rate below the minimum wage in each year since the minimum wage was introduced, broken down by region.

Jane Kennedy: There have been no prosecutions of employers for the non-payment of minimum wage. In 2007, there were two successful prosecutions of employers, one for obstructing a compliance officer and one for failing to produce records, in the London and South West regions.
	In the great majority of cases where minimum wage arrears are identified, the employer pays any minimum wage arrears without the need for any formal enforcement action. Where arrears are not paid, an enforcement notice will be issued setting out the arrears that are considered to be due. An employer will then have 28 days to lodge an appeal and subsequently have his case heard before an employment tribunal. If the tribunal does not uphold the appeal, or the employer does not appeal, the enforcement notice against the arrears become due.

Sovereign Wealth Funds

David Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received on sovereign wealth funds; and if he will make a statement.

Angela Eagle: The Government have received contributions from a wide range of parties with an interest in the current international debate about sovereign wealth funds including, for example, from the Business Council for Britain.
	The Government welcome these contributions to the international debate that is currently taking place at the IMF and OECD to develop best practice for sovereign wealth funds and host countries.

Sovereign Wealth Funds

David Amess: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  whether sovereign wealth funds are exempt from taxation in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  how much was raised by sovereign wealth funds in the UK in each of the last five years.

Angela Eagle: Where a sovereign wealth fund is an integral part of the government of a foreign sovereign state it will benefit from immunity from UK tax. As a result of this immunity no taxation will have been received from sovereign wealth funds.
	The United Kingdom recognises the principle of international law known as sovereign immunity whereby one sovereign state does not seek to apply its domestic laws to another sovereign state. In accordance with this principle, current UK practice is to regard as immune from direct taxes all income and gains which are beneficially owned by the head of state and the government of a foreign sovereign state recognised by the UK.

Sustainable Development: Expenditure

Alan Duncan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Government spent on incentivising low carbon technologies and lifestyles in the form of  (a) capital grants,  (b) research and development grants,  (c) tax and duty rebates,  (d) enhanced capital allowances,  (e) expenditure on the provision of information and advice to businesses and consumers and  (f) other expenditure on achieving carbon dioxide emission reductions in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007.

Angela Eagle: The Government have a range of policies in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support the move to a low carbon economy. These include spending programmes, fiscal measures and regulation.
	Figures for the breakdown requested are not held separately, but spending in 2006-07 on major programmes to support R and D and provide information and advice was as follows. The Carbon Trust was funded to 100 million to take the lead on business and public sector energy efficiency and encourage the development of a low carbon economy in the UK. The Energy Saving Trust received 67 million to encourage and promote the sustainable and efficient use of energy in the household sector. Spending on low-carbon energy innovation through the Research Councils Energy Programme was 63 million, and through the Technology Strategy Board was 20 million. These figures are for Government as a whole, including funding from devolved administrations.
	All tax measures that have an impact upon the public finances are scored as a matter of course and reported in PBR/Budget documents.

Taxation: Voluntary Organisations

Bob Russell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will increase the level of mileage for which tax-free expenses may be paid to volunteer drivers of voluntary and charitable organisations.

Angela Eagle: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given to the hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) on 12 November 2007,  Official Report, column 22W. HMRC allows volunteers to use the approved mileage allowance payment (AMAP) rate for convenience, but it is not mandatory and volunteer drivers can claim tax relief for the full cost of motoring by completing a return, if they wish to do so.

Alcoholic Drinks: Health Hazards

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government plans to take to address health problems associated with consumption of super-strength lager.

Dawn Primarolo: We know that some people are drinking too much and tackling the culture of harmful and binge drinking is a priority for Government. We are working with the alcohol industry and other stakeholders to implement a comprehensive strategy to tackle it, including:
	a new public information campaign, which will start on 19 May;
	more help for people who want to drink lesstargeted advice and support will be available from the same date;
	a Home Office led review of industry social responsibility standards, which will report this Spring;
	an independent review of alcohol pricing, promotion, and harm, which will report in August; and
	toughened enforcement of the law on underage sales.
	Much alcohol related harm is preventable and there are substantial health gains to be made through the widespread implementation of programmes to identify harmful drinking earlier, providing brief advice or referral to specialist alcohol treatment for those who need it.
	We have put in place a new national indicator from April 2008 to measure change in the rate of alcohol related hospital admissionsthe first ever national commitment to monitor publicly how the national health service is tackling alcohol harms. This indicator is expected to encourage earlier identification of people who drink too much linked to advice from general practitioners or hospitalsshown to be the best way of reducing the kind of 'everyday' drinking which over time leads to liver disease and other problems.
	We will disseminate the lessons of the current trailblazer pilots on identification and brief advice to encourage uptake by NHS professionals.

Blood

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the  (a) daily,  (b) weekly and  (c) monthly clinical requirement for blood units to meet demand in the NHS.

Dawn Primarolo: The National Blood Service (NBS) issued a total of 1,825,000 red cell units during 2007-08.
	This equates to:
	an average daily issue of 5,000 red cell units;
	an average weekly issue of 35,906 red cell units; and
	an average monthly issue of 152,083 red cell units.
	The projected requirement for 2008-09 is a total issue of 1,765,000 red cell units, which would equate to:
	an average daily issue of 4,836 red cell units;
	an average weekly issue of 33,942 red cell units; and
	an average monthly issue of 147,083 red cell units.

Blood: Donors

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many registered blood donors there were in England and Wales in  (a) 2003-04,  (b) 2004-05,  (c) 2005-06,  (d) 2006-07 and  (e) 2007-08, broken down by local authority area.

Dawn Primarolo: The National Blood Service (NBS) has provided information on the number of registered blood donors in England and North Wales. This information is contained in the following table:
	
		
			   Active whole blood donors (million) 
			 2003-04 1.66 
			 2004-05 1.60 
			 2005-06 1.58 
			 2006-07 1.45 
			 2007-08 1.37 
			  Note:  The NBS are unable to provide a breakdown by local authority area.

Blood: Testing

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the change in capacity in processing and testing of blood resulting from the consolidation by the National Blood Service of testing and processing facilities.

Dawn Primarolo: The National Blood Service (NBS) need to improve efficiency and provide value for money for the national health service. The changes set out in the strategy review will allow the NBS to stabilise the cost of blood to hospitals.
	The NBS strategy review demonstrated that the service is currently operating at 40 per cent. excess capacity in blood processing and 35 per cent. excess capacity in blood testing. The consolidation of processing and testing sites to six and five respectively will retain a good geographic spread across the country, while enabling the service to be more productive and ensuring the necessary flexibility to meet clinical and safety requirements now and in the future. The changes set out in the review will remove 24 per cent. excess capacity in processing and 28 per cent. in testing.
	The current network of 15 blood issue sites (where blood is stocked and from which it is issued) will continue to supply hospitals with blood, as and when they need it.

Cardiovascular System: Screening

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the modelling work on vascular risk assessment referred to in his Department's document Putting Prevention First.

Ann Keen: holding answer 21 April 2008
	The Department will publish a technical report on the modelling work used in developing its approach to vascular checks in the summer of 2008 which will be the subject of a consultation.

Care Homes: Protection

Greg Mulholland: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what progress has been made on the implementation of a performance indicator to measure the effectiveness of protection processes for vulnerable adults; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what progress has been made on the introduction of a mandatory scheme for the collection and reporting of data by adult protection committees on vulnerable adult referrals; what resources his Department has provided to the project to date; and what resources it plans to provide in the next three financial years.

Ivan Lewis: holding answer 24 April 2008
	A working group has been set up, comprising representatives from the Information Centre for health and social care, the Department, councils with adult social services responsibilities, Action on Elder Abuse, 'Respond' and academics.
	A pilot data collection is planned for 2008-09, with a view to implementing a full data collection across all councils from 1 April 2009. The introduction of the national data collection will enable work to begin on developing an effective monitoring system, which will help support our drive to improve the lives of vulnerable and older people and the delivery of social care services/
	The Department plans to provide the following resources to fund the project for the next three years.
	
		
			 
			 2007-08 Identifying information requirements, development and set up costs including development of information technology collection tool. 78,000 
			 2008-09 Developing analysis tools and answering queries. 23,000 
			 2009-10 Collecting, analysing and disseminating data. 24,000 
		
	
	Once we have established the feasibility of collecting these data, we will be in a position to consider the development of a performance indicator.

General Practitioners: Buckingham Palace

Andrew MacKinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  whether the closed-list GP practice at Buckingham Palace provides for  (a) Royal Household staff based outside the area of Westminster Primary Care Trust and  (b) staff employed in the households of other members of the Royal Family; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what revenue the closed-list GP practice at Buckingham Palace received under the additional needs-based allocation in each year since 2004; and what proportion of its income this represented in each such year;
	(3)  how many patients are registered on the closed-list GP practice at Buckingham Palace; and if he will make a statement;
	(4)  for what reasons there is a closed-list GP practice at Buckingham Palace; and if he will make a statement.

Ben Bradshaw: holding answer 21 April 2008
	Primary care trusts (PCTs) are responsible for providing local health services, including primary medical services, to reflect local needs and healthcare priorities. Westminster PCT has advised it has a long-standing general medical services (GMS) contract with a general practitioner to provide primary medical services to staff who live within the borders of Buckingham Palace. All GMS contracts set out the practice's boundaries, and in this case the practice area covers only the environs of the Palace. The practice does not operate a closed list but, in common with all practices, it does not have to register patients who live outside the practice area. The latest available data show that at 30 September 2007 there were 296 patients registered at Buckingham Palace practice.
	Information about the revenue the practice has received for additional needs is not held centrally. My hon. Friend may therefore wish to raise this issue with the chief executive of Westminster PCT. However, the issue here is not additional needs funding but payments made under the minimum practice income guarantee, which is being reviewed and on which announcements will be made as part of the Next Stage Review this summer.

General Practitioners: Public Participation

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many responses his Department received to the GP patient survey, Your doctor, your experience, your say access survey in  (a) 2003-04,  (b) 2004-05,  (c) 2005-06,  (d) 2006-07 and  (e) 2007-08; and what the response rate was in each year.

Ben Bradshaw: In 2006-07, the first year of the general practitioner patient survey, Ipsos MORI, who conduct the survey on behalf of the Department, received a total of 2,295,987 valid responses from a total sample of 5,220,482a response rate of 44 per cent. overall.
	Survey data for 2007-08 are currently being processed and remain restricted and unavailable until official publication by the Information Centre for health and social care. Publication has been confirmed for the week commencing 14 July 2008.

General Practitioners: Public Participation

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners failed to achieve the  (a) minimum and  (b) maximum percentage response of yes to access questions as part of the GP patient survey, Your doctor, your experience, your say access survey in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05, (iii) 2005-06, (iv) 2006-07 and (v) 2007-08, broken down by primary care trust.

Ben Bradshaw: The first year the general practitioner patient survey was conducted in, was 2006-07. The number of primary medical care contractors in England who failed to achieve the minimum and maximum percentage responses of yes to the access questions have been placed in the Library. The table gives the breakdown by primary care trust. The survey does not apply in Wales.
	The survey data for 2007-08 are currently being processed by Ipsos MORI, the appointed survey provider, and remain restricted and unavailable until official publication by the Information Centre for health and social care. Publication has been confirmed for the week commencing 14 July 2008.

Heart Diseases

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government has taken to reduce the incidence of heart attacks.

Ann Keen: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 25 February 2008,  Official Report, columns 1191-92W.

Hospitals: Infectious Diseases

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria are used to appoint authorised persons to inspect  (a) central sterile stores and  (b) management of infection control.

Ann Keen: Guidance on the management and environment for the decontamination of reusable medical devices is set out in Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 01-01): Decontamination of reusable medical devices. Copies of this document is available in the Library.
	Section five of Part A of HTM 01-01, identifies the functional responsibilities including 'Authorised Persons (Decontamination)' to ensure equipment is operated safely and efficiently. The precise criteria concerning the appointment of an authorised person are covered in paragraphs 5.35 through to 5.43 in this document.
	Directors of Infection Prevention and Control (DIPC) are appointed by national health service trusts who decide which criteria to use. Guidance on competences for DIPCs was issued in May 2004. The detail can be found at:
	www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Lettersandcirculars/Dearcolleagueletters/DH_4083982
	In addition, all acute NHS trusts are inspected against the Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections by the Healthcare Commission. The Healthcare Commission decide which criteria to use when recruiting to their specialist teams of inspectors.

Influenza

Andrew Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2008,  Official Report, column 596W, on influenza, to which organisations providing essential services the National Capabilities Survey is sent; and if he will make a statement.

Tom Watson: I have been asked to reply
	The 2008 National Capabilities Survey was sent to the full range of over 1,200 Category 1 and 2 responders in England and Wales, as defined by the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. Among these, the private sector organisations providing essential services are to be found among the category 2 responders. UK Resilience website provides a list of the kinds of organisations that fall into each of these categories:
	http://www.ukresilience.info/preparedness/ccact/~/media/assets/www.ukresilience.info/err_ann_03a%20pdf.ashx
	Copies of the lists have been placed in the Library for the reference of Members.

NHS Blood and Transport: Finance

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what the budget was for the NHS Blood and Transplant Special Health Authority in  (a) 2003-04,  (b) 2004-05,  (c) 2005-06,  (d) 2006-07 and  (e) 2007-08;
	(2)  what the combined budget was of the National Blood Service and the UK Transplant and Bio Products Laboratory in  (a) 2003-04,  (b) 2004-05,  (c) 2005-06,  (d) 2006-07 and  (e) 2007-08.

Dawn Primarolo: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) was established in October 2005 following the merger of the National Blood Authority (NBA) (made up of the National Blood Service and Bio Products Laboratory) and UK Transplant (UKT).
	Information on the total budget is provided in the following table:
	
		
			   Special health authority  Total budget ( million) 
			 2003-04 NBA and UKT 415 
			 2004-05 NBA and UKT 445 
			 2005-06 NBA and UKT (until September 2005). NHSBT from October 2005 448 
			 2006-07 NHSBT 448 
			 2007-08 NHSBT 483

NHS Blood and Transport: Manpower

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what changes in headcount in the National Blood Service and the UK Transplant and Bio Products Laboratory are planned as part of the implementation of the findings of the Review of the National Blood Service;
	(2)  what estimate he has made of the effects on employee numbers in the National Blood Service of the consolidation of testing and processing facilities.

Dawn Primarolo: Consolidation of processing and testing to six and five sites respectively will result in a reduction of around 140 posts. This is part of an anticipated overall reduction of up to 600 posts across the National Blood Service (NBS) by the end of 2010-11. The NBS intends to reduce these posts largely through non-compulsory means, including voluntary redundancy, staff turnover and vacancy control. Help will provided for all staff affected by change to find other jobs, across NHS Blood and Transplant and the wider national health service.

Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre: Finance

Edward Vaizey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the South Central Strategic Health Authority has spent on the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre's  (a) foundation trust diagnostic exercise,  (b) strategic options exercise with KPMG and  (c) Stage 1 financial viability assessment; and how much it is estimated will be spent on Stages 2 and 3 of the financial viability assessment.

Ivan Lewis: holding answer 24 April 2008
	The information requested is not held centrally. It is for South Central Strategic Health Authority (SHA) to work with Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust to develop the strategic future of the trust. The hon. Member may therefore wish to raise this with the chief executive of South Central SHA.

Polyclinics: Peterborough

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consultation has been undertaken with local stakeholders on the proposed establishment of a polyclinic facility in the Peterborough primary care trust area in March 2009; and if he will make a statement.

Ben Bradshaw: holding answer 24 April 2008
	Decisions on the form of consultation process to adopt, who to consult and the time allowed for this process will be made by each primary care trust (PCT) and will need to be taken in light of all relevant factors, including any consultation already conducted or under way.
	PCTs are currently working locally with their strategic health authorities and relevant stakeholders, including local clinicians and patients, to design their service specifications for new health centres.

Sight Impaired: Research

Judy Mallaber: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to support the continuation of research into gene therapy for inherited blindness conducted at Moorfields Hospital and the Institute of Ophthalmology; and if he will make a statement.

Dawn Primarolo: The ocular gene therapy research being undertaken by the Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London Institute of Ophthalmology Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is at forefront of world science and should lead to the restoration of sight to many people. The project has been directly funded by the Department, along with other funding partners. The Moorfields BRC has been allocated some 14 million over five years by the Department's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
	The project is an exemplar of translational research and illustrates the importance of getting cutting-edge science from the laboratory to the patients it can benefit. To that end, we have set up the Office of Strategic Coordination for Health Research, chaired by Professor Sir John Bell, working with the Medical Research Council and NIHR to ensure a major improvement in the translation of basic research into health and economic benefits; and have invested in a single health research fund that will rise to 1.7 billion by 2010-11.

Social Services

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  how many people of working age were assessed for social care needs in each local authority in 2007-08; and how many people so assessed were found to have a  (a) low,  (b) moderate,  (c) substantial and  (d) critical level of social care need in each local authority;
	(2)  how many people of working age who were assessed for social care needs in 2007-08 and found to have a level of social care need  (a) did and  (b) did not go on to receive state funded social care support from their local authority.

Ivan Lewis: The latest available data are for 2006-07. The level of social care need is not held centrally.
	The following table shows the number of new clients aged 18 to 64 with completed assessments and the anticipated sequel to assessment completed during the period 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007.
	
		
			  Number of clients aged 18 to 64 with completed assessments by anticipated sequel to assessment or review, England, 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 
			  Rounded numbers 
			   Councils with social services responsibilities  Total  Some or all (new) services intended or already started  No (new) services offered or intended to be provided  (New) services(s) offered but declined  Other sequel 
			   England 190,000 119,000 49,000 4,200 17,000 
			
			   North-east 8,800 5,300 2,300 300 900 
			   Shire counties  
			 116 Durham 995 810 165 20 0 
			 104 Northumberland 525 325 205 0 0 
			
			   Unitary authorities  
			 117 Darlington 285 190 60 10 20 
			 111 Hartlepool 405 220 185 0 0 
			 112 Middlesbrough 710 265 365 30 50 
			 113 Redcar and Cleveland 505 390 100 10 (1) 
			 114 Stockton-on-Tees 495 455 15 10 15 
			
			   Metropolitan districts  
			 106 Gateshead 710 370 285 50 0 
			 107 Newcastle upon Tyne 1,450 590 145 90 620 
			 108 North Tyneside 730 405 130 10 185 
			 109 South Tyneside 770 445 305 20 (1) 
			 110 Sunderland 1,240 800 380 20 40 
			
			   North-west 23,000 13,000 5,500 900 3,100 
			   Shire counties  
			 320 Cheshire 2,145 1,085 710 65 285 
			 102 Cumbria 900 455 195 55 190 
			 323 Lancashire 2,750 1,570 630 205 345 
			
			   Unitary authorities  
			 324 Blackburn 330 80 175 35 40 
			 325 Blackpool 290 150 115 25 0 
			 321 Halton 305 165 135 (1) 0 
			 322 Warrington 745 355 345 5 40 
			
			   Metropolitan districts  
			 304 Bolton 1,260 950 225 55 30 
			 305 Bury 685 425 115 45 100 
			 315 Knowsley 580 455 110 15 (1) 
			 316 Liverpool 1,495 1,090 210 60 130 
			 306 Manchester 1,345 715 275 60 300 
			 307 Oldham 1,450 605 110 10 725 
			 308 Rochdale (2) 495 260 20 (2) 
			 309 Salford 260 150 50 10 50 
			 317 Sefton 440 310 100 10 20 
			 318 St Helens 565 420 80 25 40 
			 310 Stockport 900 750 70 45 35 
			 311 Tameside 1,680 1,000 500 30 145 
			 312 Trafford 780 420 330 5 25 
			 313 Wigan 1,625 1,135 400 60 30 
			 319 Wirral 1,470 425 405 20 620 
			
			   Yorkshire and the Humber 19,000 12,000 3,700 500 1,800 
			   Shire counties  
			 218 North Yorkshire 1,275 805 360 20 85 
			 214 East Riding 1,100 705 350 10 35 
			 215 Kingston-upon-Hull 1,870 1,595 235 20 20 
			 216 North East Lincolnshire 815 720 65 (1) 30 
			 217 North Lincolnshire 1,055 610 220 5 220 
			 219 York 705 305 235 10 160 
			
			   Metropolitan districts  
			 204 Barnsley 1,790 1,705 70 15 0 
			 209 Bradford 1,485 915 415 80 75 
			 210 Calderdale 435 365 40 15 20 
			 205 Doncaster 585 300 (1) 200 85 
			 211 Kirklees 1,130 525 455 15 130 
			 212 Leeds 2,535 1,055 960 35 480 
			 206 Rotherham 325 260 55 10 (1) 
			 207 Sheffield 2,700 2,275 30 55 345 
			 213 Wakefield 695 325 195 35 135 
			
			   East  M idlands 11,000 7,900 1,800 100 900 
			   Shire counties  
			 506 Derbyshire 1,715 1,320 135 25 235 
			 508 Leicestershire 1,045 805 150 30 55 
			 503 Lincolnshire 1,290 735 170 10 375 
			 504 Northamptonshire 2,395 1,720 670 0 5 
			 511 Nottinghamshire  1,005 140 20 (2) 
			
			   Unitary authorities  
			 507 Derby 600 425 135 10 25 
			 509 Leicester 745 580 110 40 15 
			 512 Nottingham 1,605 1,185 235 10 175 
			 510 Rutland 140 110 20 (1) (1) 
			
			   West  M idlands 20,000 13,000 6,200 400 900 
			   Shire counties  
			 417 Shropshire 1,975 1,210 770 (1) 0 
			 413 Staffordshire 1,630 1,010 325 40 255 
			 404 Warwickshire 1,785 1,065 695 25 0 
			 416 Worcestershire 775 500 80 20 175 
			
			   Unitary authorities  
			 415 Herefordshire (2) 670 80 0 (2) 
			 414 Stoke-on-Trent 1,905 795 755 75 280 
			 418 Telford and Wrekin 1,330 920 405 (1) 0 
			
			   Metropolitan districts  
			 406 Birmingham 5,600 3,165 2,220 190 25 
			 407 Coventry 845 595 235 15 0 
			 408 Dudley 980 755 150 10 65 
			 409 Sandwell 1,100 1,020 70 10 0 
			 410 Solihull 415 285 70 20 45 
			 411 Walsall 230 130 30 5 70 
			 412 Wolverhampton 870 575 300 0 0 
			
			   South  W est 22,000 15,000 4,500 400 2,200 
			   Shire counties  
			 902 Cornwall 2,250 1,180 215 120 735 
			 912 Devon 4,390 3,570 815 (1) 0 
			 809 Dorset 2,270 1,635 430 30 175 
			 904 Gloucestershire 2,005 1,485 360 45 115 
			 906 Isles of Scilly 10 10 0 0 0 
			 905 Somerset 1,375 895 200 50 225 
			 817 Wiltshire 1,880 1,255 595 25 10 
			
			   Unitary authorities  
			 908 Bath and North East Somerset 410 310 100 (1)- 0 
			 810 Bournemouth 640 400 35 20 190 
			 909 Bristol 2,415 1,330 745 20 315 
			 910 North Somerset 335 230 10 10 85 
			 913 Plymouth 1,260 805 455 0 0 
			 811 Poole 840 625 195 15 (1) 
			 911 South Gloucestershire 525 335 85 5 10 
			 819 Swindon 910 575 215 5 120 
			 914 Torbay 580 420 50 10 100 
			
			   Eastern 18,000 12,000 5,300 300 1,100 
			   Shire counties  
			 610 Bedfordshire 1,020 490 530 0 0 
			 623 Cambridgeshire 930 770 135 25 (1) 
			 620 Essex 7,735 4,850 2,665 10 210 
			 606 Hertfordshire 2,115 1,590 235 55 245 
			  607 Norfolk 1,520 1,080 235 55 150 
			  609 Suffolk 1,915 1,355 205 35 320 
			
			   Unitary authorities  
			 611 Luton 575 330 215 20 5 
			 624 Peterborough 485 335 60 20 75 
			 621 Southend 1,455 475 910 15 55 
			 622 Thurrock 390 255 90 45 0 
			
			   London 31,000 18,000 9,500 1,100 2,600 
			   Inner London  
			 702 Camden 700 535 130 10 30 
			 703 Greenwich 2,230 1,840 330 15 40 
			 704 Hackney 1,240 895 295 45 (1) 
			 705 Hammersmith and Fulham 765 490 175 75 30 
			 706 Islington 1,180 485 475 15 205 
			 707 Kensington and Chelsea 980 615 205 30 135 
			 708 Lambeth 645 390 205 0 50 
			 709 Lewisham 1,000 825 150 25 0 
			 710 Southwark 2,685 1,420 940 215 110 
			 711 Tower Hamlets 450 160 15 (1) 265 
			 712 Wandsworth (2) 250 330 70 (2) 
			 713 Westminster 1,570 645 630 45 255 
			 714 City of London 65 30 30 (1) (1) 
			
			   Outer London  
			 716 Barking and Dagenham 390 240 50 75 30 
			 717 Barnet 570 285 175 20 90 
			 718 Bexley 1,940 920 855 30 135 
			 719 Brent 2,360 620 1,640 25 80 
			 720 Bromley (2) 1,045 215 80 (2) 
			 721 Croydon 320 190 85 40 0 
			 722 Ealing 1,665 855 750 10 40 
			 723 Enfield 570 455 60 20 40 
			 724 Haringey 875 495 250 10 120 
			 725 Harrow 310 210 70 10 25 
			 726 Havering 305 160 30 30 90 
			 727 Hillingdon 495 365 5 (1) 120 
			 728 Hounslow 520 270 105 (1) 145 
			 729 Kingston-upon-Thames 540 350 105 15 70 
			 730 Merton 990 645 45 55 240 
			 731 Newham 2,440 1,335 880 10 220 
			 732 Redbridge 480 350 15 115 0 
			 733 Richmond upon Thames 255 180 30 (1) 45 
			 734 Sutton 245 205 20 (1) 15 
			 735 Waltham Forest 275 115 150 10 0 
			
			   South  E ast 37,000 23,000 11,000 200 3,200 
			   Shire counties  
			 612 Buckinghamshire 1,010 650 340 (1) 15 
			 815 East Sussex 1,785 705 520 35 530 
			 812 Hampshire 8,785 7,510 840 10 425 
			 820 Kent 6,125 4,255 1,550 25 290 
			 608 Oxfordshire 1,220 635 565 10 10 
			 805 Surrey 7,710 2,100 5,210 25 375 
			 807 West Sussex 2,920 2,770 125 10 15 
			   Unitary authorities  
			 614 Bracknell Forest 1,065 445 355 15 250 
			 816 Brighton and Hove 430 320 40 (1) 70 
			 803 Isle of Wight 260 175 25 (1) 60 
			 821 Medway Towns 1,820 715 260 0 845 
			 613 Milton Keynes 280 240 35 (1) (1) 
			 813 Portsmouth 250 130 30 (1) 85 
			 616 Reading 795 360 245 15 170 
			 617 Slough 795 645 150 0 0 
			 814 Southampton 955 770 160 10 15 
			 615 West Berkshire 575 460 110 (1) (1) 
			 618 Windsor and Maidenhead 375 270 95 10 0 
			 619 Wokingham 175 130 40 (1) (1) 
			 (1) Denotes five or less (or less than 50 for National and Regional totals) (2) Denotes missing data  Notes: 1. The England and regional totals are estimates based on the figures from 150 A5 proformas 2. Figures may not add up because of rounding. 3. Regional and national totals may not be equal to the sum of the council level figures due to the use of estimates when the council did not fully complete the return.  Source: RAP proforma A5

Trauma

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will meet representatives of the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcomes and Death to discuss its report Trauma: Who Cares?

Ben Bradshaw: holding answer 25 April 2008
	The Department has regular contact with the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcomes and Death (NCEPOD) on a variety of issues. We are carefully considering how to take forward the recommendations in the report, Trauma: Who Cares? and officials will be arranging a further meeting with NCEPOD shortly.

Tuberculosis: Foreigners

John Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what percentage of recent tuberculosis cases those diagnosed were not born in the UK.

Dawn Primarolo: The country of birth (United Kingdom or non-UK born) was reported for 89 per cent. of cases of tuberculosis diagnosed in the UK in 2006 (latest available data). Of these cases, 72 per cent. were not born in the UK.
	 Notes
	1. The provisional data for 2007 were published in March 2008 but do not include detailed demographic data.
	2. The finalised data for 2007 will be available in autumn 2008 and will include detailed demographic data.
	 Source
	Enhanced Tuberculosis Surveillance (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and Enhanced Surveillance of Mycobacterial Infections (Scotland).

Westminster Primary Care Trust: General Practitioners

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Thurrock of 1 April 2008,  Official Report, column 884W, on Westminster Primary Care Trust: general practitioners, what the names are of the 2 per cent. of GP practices with closed lists; and under which primary care trusts they operate.

Ben Bradshaw: Data on individual general practitioner practice closed lists are held at primary care trust (PCT) level and is not collected centrally. The following table lists the names of PCTs who have reported practices as having closed lists. The results of the quarter 4 (February) 2007-08 Primary Care Access Survey (PCAS) show that 148 practices have been reported as having a closed list, representing 1.7 per cent. of the total 8,505 practices reported in PCAS.
	
		
			  Organisation name  Number of practices whose list is closed for new patients to register  Percentage of (all) practices whose list is closed for new patients to register 
			  8,505  
			
			 England 148 1.7 
			 County Durham PCT 0 0.0 
			 Darlington PCT 0 0.0 
			 Gateshead PCT 1 3.0 
			 Hartlepool PCT 0 0.0 
			 Middlesbrough PCT 0 0.0 
			 Newcastle PCT 1 2.7 
			 North Tyneside PCT 0 0.0 
			 Northumberland Care Trust 1 2.0 
			 Redcar and Cleveland PCT 0 0.0 
			 South Tyneside PCT 4 13.8 
			 Stockton-on-Tees Teaching 0 0.0 
			 Sunderland Teaching PCT 1 1.9 
			 Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT 0 0.0 
			 Blackburn with Darwen PCT 3 9.7 
			 Blackpool PCT 0 0.0 
			 Bolton PCT 0 0.0 
			 Bury PCT 2 6.3 
			 Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Central Lancashire PCT 6 6.5 
			 Cumbria PCT 0 0.0 
			 East Lancashire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Halton and St Helens PCT 1 1.9 
			 Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT 2 5.7 
			 Knowsley PCT 1 2.8 
			 Liverpool PCT 0 0.0 
			 Manchester PCT 5 4.9 
			 North Lancashire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Oldham PCT 1 2.2 
			 Salford PCT 7 12.7 
			 Sefton PCT 2 3.6 
			 Stockport PCT 0 0.0 
			 Tameside and Glossop PCT 3 7.5 
			 Trafford PCT 13 27.7 
			 Warrington PCT 5 17.2 
			 Western Cheshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Wirral PCT 0 0.0 
			 Barnsley PCT 1 2.3 
			 Bradford and Airedale PCT 3 3.5 
			 Calderdale PCT 0 0.0 
			 Doncaster PCT 0 0.0 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire PCT 3 7.3 
			 Hull PCT 5 8.3 
			 Kirklees PCT 0 0.0 
			 Leeds PCT 2 1.8 
			 North East Lincolnshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 North Lincolnshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 North Yorkshire and York PCT 0 0.0 
			 Rotherham PCT 0 0.0 
			 Sheffield PCT 0 0.0 
			 Wakefield District PCT 0 0.0 
			 Bassetlaw PCT 0 0.0 
			 Derby City PCT 0 0.0 
			 Derbyshire County PCT 0 0.0 
			 Leicester City PCT 1 1.4 
			 Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT 1 1.2 
			 Lincolnshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Northamptonshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Nottingham City PCT 0 0.0 
			 Nottinghamshire County PCT 5 5.0 
			 Birmingham East and North PCT 1 1.2 
			 Coventry Teaching PCT 1 1.5 
			 Dudley PCT 0 0.0 
			 Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT 3 4.0 
			 Herefordshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 North Staffordshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Sandwell PCT 0 0.0 
			 Shropshire County PCT 0 0.0 
			 Solihull PCT 0 0.0 
			 South Birmingham PCT 0 0.0 
			 South Staffordshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Stoke on Trent PCT 0 0.0 
			 Telford and Wrekin PCT 0 0.0 
			 Walsall Teaching PCT 0 0.0 
			 Warwickshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Wolverhampton City PCT 0 0.0 
			 Worcestershire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Bedfordshire PCT 3 5.4 
			 Cambridgeshire PCT (1) (1) 
			 East and North Hertfordshire PCT 1 1.6 
			 Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT 4 12.5 
			 Luton Teaching PCT 1 3.3 
			 Mid Essex PCT 0 0.0 
			 Norfolk PCT 0 0.0 
			 North East Essex PCT 0 0.0 
			 Peterborough PCT 4 12.9 
			 South East Essex PCT 0 0.0 
			 South West Essex PCT 0 0.0 
			 Suffolk PCT 0 0.0 
			 West Essex PCT 1 2.5 
			 West Hertfordshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Barking and Dagenham PCT 0 0.0 
			 Barnet PCT 0 0.0 
			 Bexley Care Trust 1 2.9 
			 Brent Teaching PCT 1 1.4 
			 Bromley PCT 0 0.0 
			 Camden PCT 1 2.4 
			 City and Hackney Teaching PCT 0 0.0 
			 Croydon PCT 1 1.5 
			 Ealing PCT 0 0.0 
			 Enfield PCT 0 0.0 
			 Greenwich Teaching PCT 0 0.0 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham PCT 0 0.0 
			 Haringey Teaching PCT 0 0.0 
			 Harrow PCT 1 2.6 
			 Havering PCT 1 1.7 
			 Hillingdon PCT 1 2.0 
			 Hounslow PCT 0 0.0 
			 Islington PCT 1 2.5 
			 Kensington and Chelsea PCT 0 0.0 
			 Kingston PCT 0 0.0 
			 Lambeth PCT 0 0.0 
			 Lewisham PCT 0 0.0 
			 Newham PCT 13 18.6 
			 Redbridge PCT 0 0.0 
			 Richmond and Twickenham PCT 0 0.0 
			 Southwark PCT 0 0.0 
			 Sutton and Merton PCT 0 0.0 
			 Tower Hamlets PCT 0 0.0 
			 Waltham Forest PCT 0 0.0 
			 Wandsworth PCT 0 0.0 
			 Westminster PCT 2 4.0 
			 Brighton and Hove City PCT 0 0.0 
			 East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT 0 0.0 
			 Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT 14 11.9 
			 Hastings and Rother PCT 0 0.0 
			 Medway Teaching PCT 0 0.0 
			 Surrey PCT 0 0.0 
			 West Kent PCT 6 5.8 
			 West Sussex PCT 0 0.0 
			 Berkshire East PCT 1 1.9 
			 Berkshire West PCT 0 0.0 
			 Buckinghamshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Hampshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Isle of Wight Healthcare PCT 0 0.0 
			 Milton Keynes PCT 0 0.0 
			 Oxfordshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Portsmouth City Teaching PCT 0 0.0 
			 Southampton City PCT 1 2.5 
			 Bath and North East Somerset PCT 0 0.0 
			 Bournemouth and Poole PCT 0 0.0 
			 Bristol PCT 2 3.4 
			 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT 0 0.0 
			 Devon PCT 0 0.0 
			 Dorset PCT 0 0.0 
			 Gloucestershire PCT 0 0.0 
			 North Somerset PCT 0 0.0 
			 Plymouth Teaching PCT 0 0.0 
			 Somerset PCT 0 0.0 
			 South Gloucestershire PCT 0 0.0 
			 Swindon PCT 2 6.1 
			 Torbay Care Trust 0 0.0 
			 Wiltshire PCT 0 0.0 
			 (1) No Data.  Source: 2007-08 Department of Health Primary Care Access Survey (quarter 4).

Academies: Admissions

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether academies are permitted to select by aptitude in subject areas other than their specialism; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: Any maintained school or academy may seek to admit up to 10 per cent. of its intake by aptitude in one of the relevant 'prescribed' subjects if it considers it has a specialism, whether or not that specialism is recognised formally by its designation as a specialist school or as an academy with a particular specialism. In the case of academies, such arrangements would have to first be approved by the Secretary of State.
	Prescribed subjects are limited to modern foreign languages, performing or visual arts and physical education or sport. Academies may also continue to select 10 per cent. by aptitude in design and technology and ICT if and only if they or their predecessor schools already had such arrangements in place prior to the 2008 academic year.

Academies: Head Teachers

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2008,  Official Report, column 823W, on academies: head teachers, for what reasons the National Professional Qualification for Headship will be compulsory in all maintained schools other than academies; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: We are considering the process for ensuring that all academies benefit from the best possible opportunities for enhanced leadership training appropriate to their circumstances, including the National Professional Qualification for Headship. I will write to the member for Yeovil with further details once that consideration is complete.

Academies: Pupil Exclusions

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of rates of exclusions at academies; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: As a group, academies have an overall pattern of exclusions that is almost identical to the pattern for a control group of similar schools. Academies often inherit a large number of disengaged pupils and need to establish good behaviour in order to raise attainment. Academies place great emphasis on getting the basics right and improving behaviour in particular. As the new ethos and behaviour policy are implemented in an academy's early days, the number of exclusions may rise, but it typically falls as behaviour improves. This phenomenon is not unique to academiesthe same effect is often observed when a new head teacher transforms a struggling maintained school.
	A paper illustrating the pattern of exclusions and comparing exclusions in academies with a control group of schools with similar characteristics has been placed in the House Library. The chart shows the overall distribution of exclusions in Academies and a group of control schools.

Children

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many copies of his Department's Children's Plan Toolkit have been produced; and what the cost was of the production of those copies.

Beverley Hughes: 1,550 packs have been produced. The total cost was 30,534, which included the design, production and distribution of the packs.

Children in Care

Helen Southworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  how many young people in the care of a local authority went on to enter  (a) further and  (b) higher education in each local authority area in 2007;
	(2)  how many young people in the care of a local authority moved into  (a) hostel and  (b) bed and breakfast accommodation in each local authority area in 2007;
	(3)  how many young people in the care of a local authority were not in education, employment or training in each local authority area in 2007.

Kevin Brennan: Information on the number of young people in the care of each local authority that went onto  (a) further education and  (b) higher education, as well as the number of young people who were not in education, employment or training is not collected centrally by the Department. However, information on the number of children that are now aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April 2004 but have since left care and are engaged in higher educational studies (i.e. studies beyond A level) or who are not in education, employment or training has been placed in the House of Commons Library (Table LAG1). Table LAG1 is taken from the Statistical First Release (SFR 27/2007) entitled 'Children looked after in England (including adoption and care leavers) year ending 31 March 2007'. The SFR is located at http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000741/index.shtml and table LAG1 can be found within the second set of Excel tables on the website. The measures we are taking forward through the Care Matters white paper and the Children and Young Persons Bill such as requiring local authorities to pay a 2,000 bursary to care leavers who undertake a course in higher education and to provide a personal adviser to care leavers in education up to the age of 25 are designed to support them to achieve their full potential.
	Information on the number of children looked after by English local authorities who moved into  (a) children's homes and hostels and  (b) independent living during the year ending 31 March 2007 has been placed in the House of Commons Library (Table 1). Where a child moved into either of the aforementioned placements on more than one occasion during the year, he or she has been counted only once.
	
		
			  Table 1: Children looked after who moved into (a) homes and hostels and (b) independent living during the year ending 31 March 2007( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. ) England 
			  Numbers 
			   Children looked after who moved into homes and hostels during the year( 1, 2, 3)  Children looked after who moved into independent living during the year( 1, 2, 3) 
			 England 5,500 2,700 
			
			  North East 320 60 
			 Darlington 15 0 
			 Durham 50 10 
			 Gateshead 20 (6) 
			 Hartlepool (6) (6) 
			 Middlesbrough 10 (6) 
			 Newcastle Upon Tyne 60 (6) 
			 North Tyneside 30 (6) 
			 Northumberland 30 (6) 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 5 (6) 
			 South Tyneside 25 5 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 15 10 
			 Sunderland 55 10 
			
			  North West 1,030 380 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 20 5 
			 Blackpool 30 10 
			 Bolton 40 10 
			 Bury 5 10 
			 Cheshire 50 20 
			 Cumbria 20 10 
			 Halton 10 (6) 
			 Knowsley 25 10 
			 Lancashire 120 35 
			 Liverpool 65 15 
			 Manchester 195 125 
			 Oldham 50 (6) 
			 Rochdale 40 10 
			 Salford 55 25 
			 Sefton 70 (6) 
			 St. Helens 20 (6) 
			 Stockport 50 15 
			 Tameside 30 20 
			 Trafford 25 (6) 
			 Warrington 15 5 
			 Wigan 40 15 
			 Wirral 55 25 
			
			  Yorkshire and the Humber 620 300 
			 Barnsley 20 5 
			 Bradford 80 35 
			 Calderdale 40 (6) 
			 Doncaster 65 10 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 55 (6) 
			 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 50 20 
			 Kirklees 30 10 
			 Leeds 55 85 
			 North East Lincolnshire 20 (6) 
			 North Lincolnshire 25 5 
			 North Yorkshire 35 10 
			 Rotherham 30 10 
			 Sheffield 65 85 
			 Wakefield 35 15 
			 York 20 (6) 
			
			  East Midlands 350 180 
			 Derby 45 5 
			 Derbyshire 50 25 
			 Leicester 30 10 
			 Leicestershire 45 15 
			 Lincolnshire 40 25 
			 Northamptonshire 55 45 
			 Nottingham 65 40 
			 Nottinghamshire 15 15 
			 Rutland 0 0 
			
			  West Midlands 760 180 
			 Birmingham 230 55 
			 Coventry 40 20 
			 Dudley 40 (6) 
			 Herefordshire 15 (6) 
			 Sandwell 45 10 
			 Shropshire 30 15 
			 Solihull 5 (6) 
			 Staffordshire 100 10 
			 Stoke-On-Trent 70 10 
			 Telford and Wrekin 35 (6) 
			 Walsall 35 10 
			 Warwickshire 10 10 
			 Wolverhampton 45 15 
			 Worcestershire 50 10 
			
			  East of England 370 230 
			 Bedfordshire 30 15 
			 Cambridgeshire 40 35 
			 Essex 90 60 
			 Hertfordshire 70 30 
			 Luton 35 10 
			 Norfolk 50 10 
			 Peterborough 15 10 
			 Southend-on-Sea 10 25 
			 Suffolk 20 30 
			 Thurrock 10 5 
			
			  London 1,100 870 
			  Inner London 490 360 
			 Camden 35 15 
			 City of London (6) 10 
			 Hackney 30 30 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 20 15 
			 Haringey 55 20 
			 Islington 30 20 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 20 20 
			 Lambeth 40 15 
			 Lewisham 50 20 
			 Newham 40 65 
			 Southwark 50 70 
			 Tower Hamlets 45 30 
			 Wandsworth 40 5 
			 Westminster 30 20 
			
			  Outer London 610 520 
			 Barking and Dagenham 15 55 
			 Barnet 25 20 
			 Bexley (6) 25 
			 Brent 40 (6) 
			 Bromley 30 10 
			 Croydon 145 60 
			 Ealing 40 35 
			 Enfield 20 25 
			 Greenwich 60 60 
			 Harrow 15 20 
			 Havering 5 5 
			 Hillingdon 100 160 
			 Hounslow 25 (6) 
			 Kingston upon Thames 10 10 
			 Merton (6) 0 
			 Redbridge 30 (6) 
			 Richmond Upon Thames 10 (6) 
			 Sutton 10 15 
			 Waltham Forest 15 (6) 
			
			  South East 570 300 
			 Bracknell Forest 10 (6) 
			 Brighton and Hove 20 20 
			 Buckinghamshire 35 15 
			 East Sussex 30 (6) 
			 Hampshire 105 25 
			 Isle Of Wight 5 10 
			 Kent 100 5 
			 Medway Towns 5 5 
			 Milton Keynes 25 20 
			 Oxfordshire 35 45 
			 Portsmouth 20 10 
			 Reading 10 15 
			 Slough 10 5 
			 Southampton 35 15 
			 Surrey 50 70 
			 West Berkshire (6) 10 
			 West Sussex 60 15 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead (6) (6) 
			 Wokingham 10 5 
			
			  South West 410 190 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 10 (6) 
			 Bournemouth 5 (6) 
			 Bristol, City of 45 10 
			 Cornwall 60 25 
			 Devon 60 15 
			 Dorset 10 25 
			 Gloucestershire 45 15 
			 Isles Of Scilly 0 0 
			 North Somerset (6) (6) 
			 Plymouth 15 15 
			 Poole (6) 10 
			 Somerset 85 20 
			 South Gloucestershire (6) (6) 
			 Swindon (6) 25 
			 Torbay 20 10 
			 Wiltshire 30 15 
			 (1 )Source: SSDA903 return on children looked after. (2) Children looked after at any time during the year ending 31 March. (3) Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements. (4 )To ensure that no individual can be identified from statistical tables, we use conventions for the rounding and suppression of very small numbers. All numbers which appear in the national summary tables have been rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise. Numbers from one to five inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the table by a (6). At local council level the England totals have been rounded either to the nearest 10, or the nearest 100 following the rule outlined above. Regional totals and totals for the number of children placed outside England have been rounded to the nearest 10. All other numbers have been rounded to the nearest five, and numbers from one to five inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the published table by a (6). (5 )Where a child has moved into  (a) a home or hostel or  (b) independent living on more than one occasion during the year, he or she has been counted only once. (6 )Numbers from one to five.

Children in Care: Education

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which maintained schools did not give priority to children in care in their 2007-08 admission arrangements; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: We do not collect this data centrally. However, we recently carried out an analysis of the 2008-09 admission arrangements adopted by schools in three local authorities areasBarnet, Manchester and Nottinghamshire which showed that although a large majority complied with the school admissions code and admissions legislation, there was a significant minority of schools that appeared to have adopted unlawful arrangements.
	The Secretary of State made a statement to Parliament on 2 April on measures being taken to improve the admissions system, which also included details about the evidence gathered, which shows that 58 out of 570 schools across the three local authority areas failed to give children in care the unequivocal highest priority in school admission arrangements as required by law. This information is available in the House Libraries.

Children: Dyslexia

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of the reading recovery initiative for dyslexic children;
	(2)  what provision has been made for teaching dyslexic children within his Department's  (a) Every Child a Reader,  (b) Every Child a Writer and  (c) Every Child Counts initiatives.

Kevin Brennan: holding answer 25 April 2008
	Evaluations of the Every Child a Reader pilot-which provides Reading Recovery for children from among those having the most difficulties in learning to readwere published in 2006 and 2007. These are available on
	www.everychildareader.org.uk.
	The evaluation of Every Child a Reader in London in 2005/06 showed that 87 per cent. of children who had received Reading Recovery were considered to have made average to exceptional progress in reading comprehension. However, these evaluations did not include looking at the efficacy of Reading Recovery for children with dyslexia.
	Our commitment through the Primary and Secondary National Strategies is to ensure Quality First teaching for all. The Every Child a Reader and Every Child Counts initiatives are focused on providing additional intervention for the 5 per cent. of children facing the most difficulties with reading and mathematics. They do not provide a specific focus on provision for children with dyslexia. Every Child a Reader is being rolled out to reach 30,000 children a year by 2010/11.
	Every Child Counts is currently in a research phase and will be informed by the Williams Review of the teaching of mathematics that is due to be published in June this year. The intention is that Every Child Counts will be aimed at children whose attainment in the early stages of mathematics shows they are not making expected progress for their age.
	Every Child a Writer is a new programme announced at the end of last year. The intentionas stated in our Children's Planis that this will offer support later in primary school than Every Child a Reader and Every Child Counts and reach a greater number of pupils. Further announcements will be made about Every Child a Writer in due course.
	The SEN Code of Practice says that effective management, school ethos and the learning environment, curricular, pastoral and discipline arrangements can help prevent some special educational needs arising, and minimise others (paragraph 5:18). Where whole school arrangements for teaching and learning are not addressing a child's learning difficulties, schools have a statutory duty to do their best to ensure that the necessary provision is made for any pupil who has special educational needs. It follows that if a child with dyslexia is not benefiting from their participation in any or all of the three initiatives, the school must make additional or different arrangements to address the child's special educational needs.

Departmental Operating Costs

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2008,  Official Report, column 183W, on operating costs, what the administrative costs of his Department's predecessor were in each year from 1990-91 to 2006-07 in real terms using 2005-06 prices.

Edward Balls: The administrative costs from 1990-91 to 2006-07 for the departments which preceded the Department for Children, Schools and Families, adjusted to 2005-06 prices using the latest GDP deflators, are set out in the following table.
	
		
			   Total net admin costs ( million) 
			  Department for Education  
			 1990-91 127 
			 1991-92 133 
			 1992-93 128 
			 1993-94 114 
			   
			  Department for Education and Employment  
			 1994-95 389 
			 1995-96 357 
			 1996-97 333 
			 1997-98 289 
			 1998-99 283 
			 1999-2000 286 
			 2000-01 266 
			   
			  Department for Education and Skills  
			 2001-02 261 
			 2002-03 242 
			 2003-04 250 
			 2004-05 264 
			 2005-06 240 
			 2006-07 237

Departmental Publications

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many guidance notes to  (a) schools and  (b) local authorities have been issued by his Department, its predecessors and its agencies in each (i) year, (ii) quarter and (iii) month since 1 January 1997; and if he will make a statement.

Kevin Brennan: The number of documents sent to all primary and secondary schools is detailed in the table attached at Annex A. Where a document has been sent to both primary and secondary schools it will appear in the totals for both. The Department stopped sending regular paper mailings to schools in December 2004, replacing them with a regular fortnightly e-mail which allows schools to order the required numbers of documents at their discretion.
	The guidance notes issued to local authorities are generally intended to help front line staff to understand and implement effectively their statutory duties and improve outcomes for children, young people and families. The data available for this year and last is set out at Annex B.
	Statistical data on the numbers issued is not normally collected and the cost would be prohibitive to supply figures for every guidance note we have issued for the 10 year period requested.
	
		
			  Annex A: (a) guidance notes issued to schools 
			   Primary  Secondary 
			 1997-98 86 85 
			 1998-99 96 115 
			 1999-2000 146 164 
			 2000-01 47 48 
			 2001-02 55 54 
			 2002-03 39 43 
			 2003-04 31 38 
			 2004-05 0 0 
		
	
	
		
			  Annex B: (b) guidance notes issued to local authorities 
			   2008  2007 
			 January 7 3 
			 February 9 2 
			 March 7 9 
			  1( st)  quarter 23 14 
			
			 April 4 7 
			 May  7 
			 June  1 
			  2( nd)  quarter  15 
			
			 July  7 
			 August  4 
			 September  11 
			  3( rd)  quarter  22 
			
			 October  5 
			 November  9 
			 December  9 
			  4( th)  quarter  23 
			
			 Total 27 74

Departmental Sick Leave

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many working days were lost by his Department due to stress-related illness in each of the last 24 months.

Kevin Brennan: The percentage of working days lost due to sickness absence in 1 July to 31 December was 15 per cent. of all working days. The recorded total of working days lost was 1,583 compared to 10,404 working days lost for all sickness absences. 680 days were lost in the latest quarter (1 January to 31 March 2008). Sickness absence information is collected quarterly in my Department but monthly information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
	The Department has put in place a range of measures to support managers and employees on health and wellbeing issues, including the provision of professional counselling and support from the Department's Employee Assistance Provider, Right Corecare. The Department has piloted a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Stress Questionnaire in one part of the organisation and conducted Individual Stress Risk Assessments for employees who require them. It will shortly be launching a comprehensive Stress Prevention Policy, based on HSE Management Standards.

Departmental Standards

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what targets apply to his Department's performance in 2008; which targets have been  (a) dropped and  (b) amended since January 2007; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: The DCSF was responsible for 12 public service agreements (PSAs) from the 2004 spending review, which ended in 2007-08. Over the 2007 comprehensive spending review period, which runs from 2008-09 to 2010-11, my Department has six departmental strategic objectives (DSOs) and leads five cross-governmental PSAs. Details are available on the HM Treasury website at:
	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/3/9/pbr_csr07_ annexd1_189.pdf
	and on the DCSF website at:
	http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/dsoindicators/
	The 12 PSA targets over the 2004 spending review period, which ended in 2008, were underpinned by 20 indicators. Of these, 11 indicators underpin the five PSAs which the DCSF leads over the 2007 comprehensive spending review period. The remaining indicators underpin DSOs or, in the case of PE and school sport, a PSA led by another department. Full details of the transition will be set out in the forthcoming DCSF departmental report, a copy of which will be placed in the House Library.

Education Maintenance Allowance

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether the education maintenance allowance is available to children aged younger than 16 who have taken their GCSEs early and are in further education; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: Young people who are of compulsory school age when taking up further education are not eligible for education maintenance allowance (EMA) on the grounds of their age. EMA is not based on the academic level a pupil reaches. It is targeted at those who reach the end of their compulsory school phase who have the option of dropping out of learning.
	The purpose of EMA is to remove barriers to learning, and increase participation and retention rates among learners who can legally leave education. Therefore, EMA is not available to learners who by law must remain in education.

Education: Assessments

Nick Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much schools spent on re-marking  (a) GCSE,  (b) A and AS level and  (c) key stage 3 SAT papers in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2007.

Jim Knight: The fees for remarking of national curriculum tests are published by the NAA (National Assessment Agency) test operations agency each year and can be found on the Qualification and Curriculum Authority's website at http://www.qca.org.uk/qca_11997.aspx The NAA does not keep specific information on how much schools paid to the test operations agency for remarking key stage 3 test papers via the review process.
	The Department does not collect information on remarking costs for GCSE, A and AS-level papers. This data could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Education: Assessments

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the average annual cost to schools of delivering  (a) Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 national tests,  (b) GCSEs and  (c) A-Levels and AS-Levels; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's estimates the costs of delivering the national tests for Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 in 2007/08 is some 51 million. This is the cost of the delivery contracts for tests. Schools do not pay fees for taking tests.
	GCSEs, AS and A Levels are administered by independent awarding bodies. The costs incurred by all local authority maintained schools for test administration and examination entry fees and any accreditation costs related to pupils taking GCSEs, GNVQs, AS and A2 qualifications in 2006/07, which is the most recent year for which figures are available, totalled some 241 million.
	The new independent qualifications regulator, Ofqual, will be responsible for regulating the awarding body market to ensure good value for money alongside its responsibilities for maintaining standards. Subject to legislation, we intend that Ofqual will report annually to Parliament on this issue.

Education: Assessments

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of children attained  (a) Level 1,  (b) Level 2,  (c) Level 3,  (d) Level 4 and  (e) Level 5 in (i) Key Stage 1 and (ii) Key Stage 2 tests in each year since those tests were introduced; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: I refer the hon. Member to the following links:
	http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000740/index.shtml
	to Statistical First Release National Curriculum Assessments at Key Stage 1 in England 2007. Table 2 provides time series information (2001-2007) on average point scores and table 3 provides information about levels achieved by pupils assessed in 2007.
	http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000764/index.shtml
	National Curriculum Assessments at Key Stage 2 in England, 2007 (Revised). Table 1 provides time series information (1995-2007) about test levels achieved by pupils. Copies of these publications have been placed in the Libraries of the House.
	Further information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Educational Psychology: Manpower

Greg Pope: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  how many full-time equivalent educational psychologists each children's services local authority in England, employed at the latest date for which a figure is available;
	(2)  how many children and young people aged under 20 years old there are per educational psychologist in each children's services local authority in England at the latest date for which figures are available;
	(3)  if he will consider issuing guidance to children's services in local authorities in England on the number of educational psychologists that should be employed in each local authority; and if he will make a statement on ensuring an adequate supply of qualified educational psychologists.

Jim Knight: The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of educational psychologists (EPs) and the number of children per EPs employed in local authority maintained schools in each local authority in England, January 2007.
	Some local authorities may purchase EP services from other authorities and therefore do not show any EPs in service.
	EPs are a key means of supporting some of our most vulnerable children and young people. They play an important role both in assessing individual children's special educational needs and in supporting schools to address those needs and behavioural, emotional and social issues.
	EPs are employed by local authorities, and it is for those authorities to determine how many to employ in the light of their assessment of local needs and available resources.
	It is clearly important that there should be a secure supply of trained EPs to match predicted vacancies. We have asked the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) to act as an intermediary body to oversee subscription arrangements for local authority funding of EP entry training, which replace the previous topslice funding. The CWDC has written to local authorities requesting subscriptions to the 2008 entry training fund, and my noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Schools and Learners has also written to local authority chief executive officers and directors of Children's Services emphasising the importance of authorities supporting training arrangements.
	
		
			  Full-time equivalent educational psychologists employed in each local authority in England, January 2007 
			   FTE educational psychologists  Number of children per educational psychologists( 1) 
			 City of London (2) (2) 
			 Camden 14 3,180 
			 Greenwich 16 3,710 
			 Hackney 15 3,700 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 11 3,190 
			 Islington 14 2,840 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 6 5,590 
			 Lambeth 15 3,930 
			 Lewisham 11 5,680 
			 Southwark 17 3,660 
			 Tower Hamlets 15 3,630 
			 Wandsworth 12 4,220 
			 City of Westminster 9 4,470 
			 Barking and Dagenham 14 3,410 
			 Barnet 14 5,840 
			 Bexley 10 5,910 
			 Brent 13 4,850 
			 Bromley 13 5,630 
			 Croydon 14 6,340 
			 Ealing 18 4,010 
			 Enfield 18 4,070 
			 Haringey 13 4,310 
			 Harrow 10 5,380 
			 Havering 10 5,630 
			 Hillingdon 10 6,310 
			 Hounslow 12 4,340 
			 Kingston upon Thames 11 3,380 
			 Merton 10 4,410 
			 Newham 12 5,930 
			 Redbridge 10 6,440 
			 Richmond upon Thames 5 8,230 
			 Sutton 8 5,670 
			 Waltham Forest 12 4,820 
			 Birmingham 47 6,070 
			 Coventry 13 6,190 
			 Dudley 11 6,890 
			 Sandwell 15 5,000 
			 Solihull 12 4,400 
			 Walsall 12 5,610 
			 Wolverhampton 21 2,900 
			 Knowsley 7 5,800 
			 Liverpool 15 7,000 
			 St. Helens 9 5,180 
			 Sefton 14 4,880 
			 Wirral 13 6,100 
			 Bolton 10 7,210 
			 Bury 8 6,220 
			 Manchester 20 5,620 
			 Oldham 10 6,250 
			 Rochdale 8 7,010 
			 Salford 13 4,200 
			 Stockport 15 4,700 
			 Tameside 12 4,440 
			 Trafford 9 6,110 
			 Wigan 12 6,150 
			 Barnsley (2) (2) 
			 Doncaster 9 8,520 
			 Rotherham 8 7,650 
			 Sheffield 19 6,740 
			 Bradford 17 8,080 
			 Calderdale 6 8,010 
			 Kirklees 26 4,110 
			 Leeds 29 6,160 
			 Wakefield 12 6,680 
			 Gateshead 11 4,170 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 12 5,370 
			 North Tyneside 10 4,630 
			 South Tyneside 15 2,460 
			 Sunderland 10 6,480 
			 Isles of Scilly (2) (2) 
			 Bath and North East Somerset (2) (2) 
			 City of Bristol 26 3,610 
			 North Somerset 8 5,860 
			 South Gloucestershire 13 5,020 
			 Hartlepool 5 4,760 
			 Middlesbrough 6 6,230 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 6 5,710 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 9 5,290 
			 City of Kingston Upon Hull 12 5,300 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 22 3,490 
			 North East Lincolnshire 8 4,910 
			 North Lincolnshire 7 5,490 
			 North Yorkshire 16 8,750 
			 York 7 5,790 
			 Bedfordshire 15 6,780 
			 Luton 7 7,080 
			 Buckinghamshire 24 5,220 
			 Milton Keynes 13 4,550 
			 Derbyshire 27 6,630 
			 City of Derby 12 4,800 
			 Dorset 17 5,300 
			 Poole 7 4,860 
			 Bournemouth 9 3,940 
			 Durham 24 4,870 
			 Darlington 5 5,000 
			 East Sussex 18 6,490 
			 Brighton and Hove 8 6,600 
			 Hampshire 52 5,960 
			 Portsmouth 7 6,670 
			 Southampton 14 3,730 
			 Leicestershire 22 7,040 
			 Leicester City 24 3,310 
			 Rutland (2) (2) 
			 Staffordshire 31 6,290 
			 Stoke on Trent 13 4,500 
			 Wiltshire 24 4,740 
			 Swindon 9 4,960 
			 Bracknell Forest 5 6,460 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 8 4,660 
			 West Berkshire 9 4,320 
			 Reading 5 6,270 
			 Slough 9 3,430 
			 Wokingham 7 5,750 
			 Cambridgeshire 19 7,500 
			 Peterborough 8 5,350 
			 Cheshire 24 6,920 
			 Halton 6 5,210 
			 Warrington 9 5,310 
			 Devon 35 4,710 
			 Plymouth (2) (2) 
			 Torbay (2) (2) 
			 Essex 45 7,340 
			 Southend on Sea 7 5,510 
			 Thurrock 6 6,590 
			 Herefordshire 8 4,960 
			 Worcestershire 28 4,600 
			 Kent 47 7,280 
			 Medway 9 7,880 
			 Lancashire 45 6,410 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 12 3,690 
			 Blackpool 6 6,130 
			 Nottinghamshire 26 6,920 
			 Nottingham 14 4,910 
			 Shropshire (2) (2) 
			 Telford and Wrekin 16 2,790 
			 Cornwall 21 5,730 
			 Cumbria 20 5,640 
			 Gloucestershire 22 6,300 
			 Hertfordshire 42 6,430 
			 Isle of Wight 5 6,110 
			 Lincolnshire 21 7,390 
			 Norfolk 26 7,130 
			 Northamptonshire 28 6,000 
			 Northumberland 14 5,180 
			 Oxfordshire 25 6,180 
			 Somerset 29 4,340 
			 Suffolk 20 8,550 
			 Surrey 41 6,420 
			 Warwickshire 22 5,580 
			 West Sussex 2,180 5,660 
			
			 England 2,180 5,660 
			 (1 )Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.  (2) Fewer than 5.   Note:  Barnsley, Isle of Scilly, Bath and North East Somerset, Rutland, Plymouth and Shropshire do not directly employ educational psychologists therefore no ratio is available for these authorities.   Source:  The annual survey of Teachers in Service and Teacher Vacancies, 618g. DCSF estimates (number of children).

Electronic Government

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether mechanisms are in place to monitor the extent to which his Department's  (a) internal and  (b) external (i) correspondence and (ii) distribution of publications is carried out electronically.

Kevin Brennan: The information requested is as follows.
	 (a) Internally (i) all correspondence is carried out electronically and (ii) distribution of publications is monitored by exception, as all publishing is online barring the bi-monthly staff magazine.  (b) (i) Most external correspondence received in the Department is processed through the central Public Communications Unit, who monitor the method of response. In 2007 63 per cent. of correspondence was replied to electronically.  (b) (ii) The Department has put in place a range of protocols which govern e-mail communications to key stakeholders including all schools all local authorities.

Extended Schools: Costs

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of delivering the extended schools programme in each year from 2007-08 to 2012-13.

Beverley Hughes: From 2007-08 local authorities were given 238 million to support the development of extended schools in their area. In 2008-09 to 2010-11 a total of 1.3 billion of funding will be made available. Schools are also given an additional 150 million each year through the Schools Standards Grant which can support extended schools activities.
	During 2007-08, a total of 9.7 million was split across the three national extended schools delivery partners to help support schools and local authorities to deliver extended services. For 2008-09, a total of 9.9 million will be made available. We cannot estimate the costs from 2009 onwards as the allocation of funding for the delivery partners is completed on an annual basis.

General Certificate of Secondary Education: Disadvantaged

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of white British boys eligible for free school meals achieved  (a) no GCSE passes and  (b) fewer than five GCSE passes at grade A* to C including English and mathematics in each year since 1995.

Jim Knight: The available information is in the following table; further information covering earlier years can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	
		
			Percentage who did not achieve : 
			   Number of white British boys at the end of Key Stage 4 on free school meals  5+ A*-C at GCSE and equivalents  5+ A*-C at GCSE and equivalents including English and mathematics  Any qualification 
			 2004/05 27,356 78.5 87.3 10.7 
			 2005/06 27,908 75.6 86.1 8.9 
			 2006/07 26,893 73.0 85.1 7.5 
			  Note:   1. Figures based on pupil at the end of Key Stage 4 in each academic year.  2. Figures include all qualifications approved for use pre-16.  3. English and mathematics figures included are for GCSE full courses only.

Grammar Schools: Disadvantaged

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  what proportion of pupils are entitled to free school meals at each grammar school;
	(2)  what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of grammar school pupils entitled to free school meals; what estimate he has made of the equivalent figure in the local catchment area of each such school; and if he will make a statement.

Kevin Brennan: A table showing the proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals in grammar schools is as follows.
	Information about catchment areas of individual grammar schools is not held centrally.
	
		
			  Grammar schools: school meal arrangements: As at January 2007 
			 Full time pupils aged 0 to 15 and part time pupils aged 5 to 15( 1) 
			  Establishment name  URN  LA name  Number of pupils  Number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals  Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals 
			 Total grammar schools(2)   112,080 2,490 2.2 
			   
			 The Henrietta Barnett School 101354 Barnet 468 9 1.9 
			 Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet 101358 Barnet 892 19 2.1 
			 St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School 101361 Barnet 479 14 2.9 
			 Bexley Grammar School 101462 Bexley 1.119 43 3.8 
			 Townley Grammar School for Girls 101463 Bexley 1.055 18 1.7 
			 Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School 101466 Bexley 952 11 1.2 
			 Beths Grammar School 101479 Bexley 797 12 1.5 
			 Newstead Wood School for Girls 101671 Bromley 683 8 1.2 
			 St. Olave's and St. Saviour's Grammar School 101676 Bromley 592 (3) (3) 
			 The Latymer School 102055 Enfield 910 23 2.5 
			 The Tiffin Girls' School 102602 Kingston upon Thames 614 9 1.5 
			 Tiffin School 102605 Kingston upon Thames 719 15 2.1 
			 Ilford County High School 102850 Redbridge 597 30 5 
			 Woodford County High School 102852 Redbridge 600 19 3.2 
			 Wilson's School 103007 Sutton 727 7 1 
			 Nonsuch High School for Girls 103008 Sutton 901 8 0.9 
			 Sutton Grammar School for Boys 103011 Sutton 603 16 2.7 
			 Wallington High School for Girl 103012 Sutton 906 16 1.8 
			 Wallington County Grammar School 103014 Sutton 620 12 1.9 
			 Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls 103521 Birmingham 755 12 1.6 
			 Bishop Vesey's Grammar School 103535 Birmingham 611 18 2.9 
			 Handsworth Grammar School 103549 Birmingham 702 119 17 
			 King Edward VI Handsworth School 103551 Birmingham 687 33 4.8 
			 King Edward VI Five Ways School 103552 Birmingham 770 20 2.6 
			 King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls 103553 Birmingham 623 20 32 
			 King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys 103554 Birmingham 491 19 3.9 
			 King Edward VI Aston School 103555 Birmingham 518 34 6.6 
			 Queen Mary's High School 104261 Walsall 476 13 2.7 
			 Queen Mary's Grammar School 104262 Walsall 481 14 29 
			 Wolverhampton Girls' High School 104402 Wolverhampton 534 5 0.9 
			 The Blue Coat School 104704 Liverpool 608 22 3.6 
			 Wirral Grammar School for Girls 105098 Wirral 778 34 4.4 
			 West Kirby Grammar School 105099 Wirral 887 22 2.5 
			 Calday Grange Grammar School 105112 Wirral 923 26 2.8 
			 Wirral Grammar School for Boys 105113 Wirral 750 31 4.1 
			 St. Anselm's College 105114 Wirral 646 63 9.8 
			 Upton Hall School FCJ 105115 Wirral 688 46 6.7 
			 Altrincham Grammar School for Boys 106361 Trafford 821 10 1.2 
			 Altnncham Grammar School for Girls 106362 Trafford 911 10 1.1 
			 Stretford Grammar School 106368 Trafford 521 57 109 
			 Urmston Grammar School 106369 Trafford 632 7 1.1 
			 Sale Grammar School 106371 Trafford 910 17 1.9 
			 Loreto Grammar School 106378 Trafford 764 13 1.7 
			 The North Halifax Grammar School 107574 Calderdale 774 12 1.6 
			 The Crossley Heath School 107575 Calderdale 773 10 13 
			 Heckmondwike Grammar School 107785 Kirklees 773 23 (3) 
			 Kendrick Girls' Grammar School 110042 Reading 473 (3) (3) 
			 St. Bernard's Convent School 110084 Slough 636 (3) (3) 
			 Reading School 110097 Reading 608 (3) (3) 
			 Langley Grammar School 110101 Slough 748 17 2.3 
			 Herschel Grammar School 110103 Slough 620 17 2.7 
			 Slough Grammar School 110104 Slough 782 39 5 J 
			 john Hampden Grammar School 110485 Buckinghamshire 692 9 1.3 
			 Burnham Grammar School 110493 Buckinghamshire 625 21 3.4 
			 Aylesbury High School 110494 Buckinghamshire 893 (3) (3) 
			 Dr. Challoner's High School 110495 Buckinghamshire 759 (3) (3) 
			 Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School and Performing Arts College 110496 Buckinghamshire 743 16 22 
			 Chesham High School 110504 Buckinghamshire 892 7 0.8 
			 Aylesbury Grammar School 110511 Buckinghamshire 912 (3) (3) 
			 Royal Latin School 110512 Buckinghamshire 857 9 1.1 
			 Wycombe High School 110513 Buckinghamshire 957 15 1.6 
			 Dr. Challoner's Grammar School 110514 Buckinghamshire 906 (3) (3) 
			 Sir William Boriase's Grammar School 110515 Buckinghamshire 669 (3) (3) 
			 Beaconsfield High School 110528 Buckinghamshire 788 (3) (3) 
			 The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe 110530 Buckinghamshire 965 14 1.5 
			 Queen Elizabeth Grammar School 112428 Cumbria 602 5 0.8 
			 Torquay Grammar School for Girls 113523 Torbay 604 23 3.8 
			 Churston Ferrers Grammar School 113525 Torbay 623 30 4.8 
			 Devonport High School for Boys 113530 Plymouth 852 27 3. 
			 Devonport High School for Girls 2 113531 Plymouth 607 19 3.1 
			 Plymouth High School for Girls 113532 Plymouth 607 13 2.1 
			 Colyton Grammar School 11 3555 Devon 589 (3) (3) 
			 Torquay Boys' Grammar School 113556 Torbay 745 22 3 
			 Bournemouth School 113900 Bournemouth 747 21 2.8 
			 Parkstone Grammar School 113903 Poole 723 15 2.1 
			 Bournemouth School for Girls 113905 Bournemouth 820 23 2.8 
			 Poole Grammar School 113909 Poole 661 14 2.1 
			 Westcliff High School for Boys 115317 Southend-on-Sea 766 12 16 
			 Chelmsford County High School for Girls 115326 Essex 602 (3) (3) 
			 King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford 115327 Essex 561 (3) (3) 
			 Westcliff High School for Girls 115339 Southend-on-Sea 768 19 2.5 
			 Southend High School for Girls 115344 Southend-on-Sea 765 12 1.6 
			 Colchester Royal Grammar School 115359 Essex 491 (3) (3) 
			 Southend High School for Boys 115362 Southend-on-Sea 741 17 2.3 
			 Colchester County High School for Girts 115370 Essex 540 (3) (3) 
			 Sir Thomas Rich's School 115717 Gloucestershire 568 7 1.2 
			 High School for Girls 115718 Gloucestershire 607 6 1 
			 Ribston Hall High School 115751 Gloucestershire 576 17 3 
			 Marling School 115752 Gloucestershire 628 (3) (3) 
			 Stroud High School 115753 Gloucestershire 639 9 1.4 
			 Pate's Grammar School 115754 Gloucestershire 612 (3) (3) 
			 The Crypt School 115755 Gloucestershire 562 10 1.8 
			 Gravesend Grammar School for Girls 118787 Kent 730 14 1.9 
			 Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School 118789 Kent 715 (3) (3) 
			 Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys 118790 Kent 967 8 0.8 
			 Weald of Kent Grammar School 118791 Kent 775 7 0.9 
			 Invicta Grammar School 118792 Kent 907 18 2 
			 Chatham Grammar School for Boys 118797 Medway 684 44 6.4 
			 Fort Pitt Grammar School 118798 Medway 798 20 2.5 
			 Highsted Grammar School 118802 Kent 615 17 28 
			 Highworth Grammar School for Girls 118804 Kent 845 16 1.9 
			 The Harvey Grammar School 118805 Kent 724 27 3.7 
			 Dover Grammar School for Girls 118806 Kent 580 17 2.9 
			 Clarendon House Grammar School 118809 Kent 546 19 3.5 
			 Maidstone Grammar School 118835 Kent 882 10 1.1 
			 Maidstone Grammar School for Girls 118836 Kent 849 12 14 
			 Borden Grammar School 118837 Kent 559 10 1.8 
			 The Norton Knatchbull School 118838 Kent 728 18 2.5 
			 Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School 118839 Medway 811 18 22 
			 Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School 118840 Kent 776 18 2.3 
			 The Judd School 118843 Kent 629 (3) (3)() 
			 The Grammar School for Girls Wilmington 118872 Kent 590 12 2 
			 Wilmington Grammar School for Boys 118875 Kent 613 11 1.8 
			 Dartford Grammar School 118878 Kent 796 11 14 
			 Dartford Grammar School for Girls 118883 Kent 745 11 1.5 
			 Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys 118884 Kent 630 15 24 
			 Cranbrook School 118888 Kent 434 (3)() (3)() 
			 The Skinners' School 118890 Kent 557 (3)() (3)() 
			 Rainham Mark Grammar School 118892 Medway 877 24 2.7 
			 Oakwood Park Grammar School 118894 Kent 701 12 1 7 
			 Sir Roger Manwood's School 118900 Kent 649 32 49 
			 Chatham Grammar School for Girls 118901 Medway 717 26 3.6 
			 The Folkestone School for Girls 118909 Kent 819 53 6.5 
			 Tonbridge Grammar School 118915 Kent 755 (3)() (3)() 
			 Barton Court Grammar School 118916 Kent 663 27 4.1 
			 The Rochester Grammar School for Girls 118917 Medway 756 18 24 
			 Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School 118921 Kent 635 16 25 
			 Dover Grammar School for Boys 118931 Kent 540 31 5.7 
			 Dane Court Grammar School 118932 Kent 855 51 6 
			 Chatham House Grammar School for Boys 118934 Kent 554 26 4.7 
			 Gravesend Grammar School 118936 Kent 728 13 1.8 
			 Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School 119809 Lancashire 756 15 2 
			 Lancaster Royal Grammar School 119810 Lancashire 700 12 17 
			 Lancaster Girls' Grammar School 119811 Lancashire 566 11 1.9 
			 Clitheroe Royal Grammar School 119812 Lancashire 613 10 1.6 
			 Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School 120632 Lincolnshire 809 7 0.9 
			 Kesteven and Steaford High School 120633 Lincolnshire 632 9 1.4 
			 Boston High School 120640 Lincolnshire 575 11 1.9 
			 Spalding High School 120642 Lincolnshire 730 8 11 
			 The Queen Elizabeth's High School Gainsborough 120655 Lincolnshire 890 13 1.5 
			 Bourne Grammar School 120661 Lincolnshire 705 3-- 3-- 
			 Spalding Grammar School 120665 Lincolnshire 517 11 1.8 
			 The Skegness Grammar School 120696 Lincolnshire 600 13 2.2 
			 Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School 120697 Lincolnshire 417 19 46 
			 The King's School Grantham 120698 Lincolnshire 694 8 1.2 
			 Carrie's Grammar School 120699 Lincolnshire 543 6 1.1 
			 The King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth 120701 Lincolnshire 603 10 1.7 
			 Caistor Grammar School 120702 Lincolnshire 467 n 3-- 
			 Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Horncastle 120707 Lincolnshire 602 5 0.8 
			 The Boston Grammar School 120720 Lincolnshire 469 12 2.6 
			 Ripon Grammar School 121694 North Yorkshire 602 9 1.5 
			 Skipton Girls' High School 121712 North Yorkshire 539 (3) (3) 
			 Ermysted's Grammar School 121716 North Yorkshire 522 8 1.5 
			 Newport Girls' High School 123561 Telford and Wrekin 258 (3) (3) 
			 Adams' Grammar School 123593 Telford and Wrekin 540 5 0.9 
			 Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls A Specialist Language College 125730 Warwickshire 378 7 1.9 
			 King Edward VI School 125752 Warwickshire 357 5 14 
			 Lawrence Sheriff School 125753 Warwickshire 513 7 1.4 
			 Rugby High School 125769 Warwickshire 472 5 1.1 
			 Alcester Grammar School 125770 Warwickshire 457 (3)() (3)() 
			 South Wilts Grammar School for Girls 126507 Wiltshire 627 (3)() (3)() 
			 Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School 126508 Wiltshire 598 5 0.8 
			 St. Joseph's College 131301 Stoke-on-Trent 623 15 2.4 
			 St. Ambrose College 131315 Trafford 696 6 0.9 
			 (1) Includes pupils with sole and dual (main) registration. (2) Totals for all grammar schools have been rounded to the nearest 10. (3) Less than five pupils, or a rate based on less than five pupils  Source:  School Census

Languages: Education

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children aged  (a) under 11,  (b) between 11 and 16 and  (c) between 17 and 18 years studied a foreign language in each of the last five years.

Jim Knight: Information on the subjects studied by children at schools is not held centrally by the Department. We can, however, provide figures for children attempting foreign language qualifications at GCSE and A level. Information on the learning aims of post-16 learners is available from the School Census and the Individual Learner Record from colleges but can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	The following table shows the number of attempts in GCSEs in modern foreign languages for the past five years.
	
		
			  Pupils attempting GCSEs in modern foreign languages 
			   Number (Thousand) 
			 2007 301.6 
			 2006 327.0 
			 2005 375.3 
			 2004 437.2 
			 2003 453.9 
			  Note: From 2005, figures are based on pupils at the end of key stage 4; prior to 2005, figures are based on 15-year-old pupils (age at start of school year). 
		
	
	Figures for attempts and achievements in GCE A level qualifications can be found in table 11 of SFR02/2008 DCSF: GCE/VCE A/AS and Equivalent Examination Results in England, 2006/07 (Revised) which is available via the following link:
	http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000769/index.shtml.
	Copies of this publication have been placed in the Libraries of the House.

Languages: GCE A-Level

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of those taking an A-level in a modern language were pupils in state-funded schools in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: The percentage of GCE A level modern foreign language entries that were taken by pupils in maintained schools and colleges in each year since 1997 is given as follows:
	
		
			   Percentage of GCE A level modern foreign language entries that were taken by pupils in maintained schools and colleges  Percentage of all GCE A level entries that were taken by pupils in maintained schools and colleges 
			 1996/97 70.9 83.0 
			 1997/98 70.1 83.3 
			 1998/99 69.0 83.3 
			 1999/2000 67.9 83.7 
			 2000/01 68.0 84.0 
			 2001/02 66.3 83.8 
			 2002/03 64.8 83.8 
			 2003/04 64.8 83.7 
			 2004/05 65.4 84.6 
			 2005/06 66.5 84.6 
			 2006/07 67.7 84.9 
		
	
	The figures relate to 16 to 18-year-olds (age at start of academic year, i.e. 31 August).

Pupil Referral Units

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children were being educated in pupil referral units in each local authority area in England in the latest period for which figures are available.

Jim Knight: The latest available information relates to 2007 and is published in the Statistical First Release 'Schools and Pupils in England' which is available at:
	http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000744/index.shtml.
	The headcount of pupils in Pupil Referral Units in each local authority is in table 12 and the full time equivalent number of pupils in each local authority is in table 13.

Pupils: English Language

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools have more than 50 per cent. of pupils with English as an additional language, broken down by local authority index of multiple deprivation decile.

Jim Knight: The requested information is attached in the following table.
	
		
			  Maintained primary, secondary and all special schools( 1, 2, 3 ) : Number of schools with more than 50 per cent. of pupils with English as a additional language( 4, 5)  : January 2007 by local authority area and Government Office region in England 
			Schools where first language of school population has been classified as other than English 
			Maintained primary schools( 1)  All secondary schools( 1, 2)  All special schools( 3)  Deprivation indicator( 6) 
			 841 Darlington 0 0 0 65 
			 840 Durham 0 0 0 48 
			 390 Gateshead 0 0 0 25 
			 805 Hartlepool 0 0 0 13 
			 806 Middlesbrough 2 0 0 9 
			 391 Newcastle upon Tyne 4 0 0 19 
			 392 North Tyneside 0 0 0 60 
			 929 Northumberland 0 0 0 77 
			 807 Redcar and Cleveland 0 0 0 38 
			 393 South Tyneside 0 1 0 26 
			 808 Stockton-on-Tees 2 0 0 56 
			 394 Sunderland 0 0 0 21 
			   
			   North West 127 17 0  
			 889 Blackburn with Darwen 17 3 0 30 
			 890 Blackpool 0 0 0 23 
			 350 Bolton 14 1 0 42 
			 351 Bury 4 0 0 69 
			 875 Cheshire 0 0 0 113 
			 909 Cumbria 0 0 0 81 
			 876 Halton 0 0 0 20 
			 340 Knowsley 0 0 0 3 
			 888 Lancashire 23 2 0 79 
			 341 Liverpool 3 0 0 1 
			 352 Manchester 25 5 0 2 
			 353 Oldham 20 3 0 37 
			 354 Rochdale 12 3 0 24 
			 355 Salford 2 0 0 11 
			 343 Sefton 0 0 0 59 
			 342 St. Helens 0 0 0 32 
			 356 Stockport 1 0 0 95 
			 357 Tameside 3 0 0 41 
			 358 Trafford 3 0 0 89 
			 877 Warrington 0 0 0 92 
			 359 Wigan 0 0 0 45 
			 344 Wirral 0 0 0 40 
			   
			   Yorkshire and the Humber 117 20 6  
			 370 Barnsley 0 0 0 27 
			 380 Bradford 46 10 5 28 
			 381 Calderdale 6 1 0 63 
			 371 Doncaster 1 0 0 34 
			 811 East Riding of Yorkshire 0 0 0 112 
			 810 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 0 0 0 8 
			 382 Kirklees 25 5 1 58 
			 383 Leeds 13 2 0 54 
			 812 North East Lincolnshire 0 0 0 44 
			 813 North Lincolnshire 1 0 0 83 
			 815 North Yorkshire 1 0 0 125 
			 372 Rotherham 5 0 0 50 
			 373 Sheffield 16 2 0 49 
			 384 Wakefield 3 0 0 46 
			 816 York 0 0 0 118 
			   
			   East Midlands 52 6 3  
			 831 Derby 9 1 1 55 
			 830 Derbyshire 0 1 0 91 
			 856 Leicester 27 4 1 29 
			 855 Leicestershire 4 0 0 136 
			 925 Lincolnshire 0 0 0 94 
			 928 Northamptonshire 2 0 0 107 
			 892 Nottingham 10 0 1 7 
			 891 Nottinghamshire 0 0 0 86 
			 857 Rutland 0 0 0 148 
			   
			   West Midlands 142 29 6  
			 330 Birmingham 79 23 6 14 
			 331 Coventry 9 1 0 51 
			 332 Dudley 3 0 0 76 
			 884 Herefordshire 0 0 0 109 
			 333 Sandwell 15 1 0 15 
			 893 Shropshire 0 0 0 111 
			 334 Solihull 0 0 0 103 
			 860 Staffordshire 2 0 0 104 
			 861 Stoke-on-Trent 7 0 0 17 
			 894 Telford and Wrekin 0 0 0 78 
			 335 Walsall 14 3 0 43 
			 937 Warwickshire 1 0 0 120 
			 336 Wolverhampton 10 1 0 31 
			 885 Worcestershire 2 0 0 116 
			   
			   East of England 28 5 2  
			 820 Bedfordshire 4 1 0 131 
			 873 Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 134 
			 881 Essex 0 0 0 121 
			 919 Hertfordshire 5 0 1 138 
			 821 Luton 14 3 1 72 
			 926 Norfolk 0 0 0 97 
			 874 Peterborough 5 1 0 71 
			 882 Southend-on-Sea 0 0 0 80 
			 935 Suffolk 0 0 0 114 
			 883 Thurrock 0 0 0 84 
			   
			   London 633 122 27  
			   Inner City 357 63 19  
			 202 Camden 24 3 3 18 
			 201 City of London 1 0 0 123 
			 204 Hackney 33 5 2 5 
			 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 14 4 1 52 
			 309 Haringey 38 7 3 12 
			 206 Islington 14 3 1 6 
			 207 Kensington and Chelsea 17 2 0 82 
			 208 Lambeth 27 3 1 22 
			 209 Lewisham 10 2 1 47 
			 316 Newham 59 12 1 10 
			 210 Southwark 20 5 0 16 
			 211 Tower Hamlets 53 11 3 4 
			 212 Wandsworth 15 1 1 87 
			 213 Westminster 32 5 2 33 
			   
			   Outer London 276 59 8  
			 301 Barking and Dagenham 7 0 0 36 
			 302 Barnet 25 7 0 105 
			 303 Bexley 0 0 0 115 
			 304 Brent 40 10 2 61 
			 305 Bromley 0 0 0 129 
			 306 Croydon 7 1 0 90 
			 307 Ealing 40 7 3 70 
			 308 Enfield 22 4 1 74 
			 203 Greenwich 13 1 0 35 
			 310 Harrow 30 5 1 127 
			 311 Havering 0 0 0 117 
			 312 Hillingdon 11 2 0 99 
			 313 Hounslow 25 6 1 73 
			 314 Kingston upon Thames 5 0 0 135 
			 315 Merton 4 0 0 119 
			 317 Redbridge 22 8 0 98 
			 318 Richmond upon Thames 0 0 0 142 
			 319 Sutton 0 0 0 128 
			 320 Waltham Forest 25 8 0 39 
			   South East 33 5 0  
			 867 Bracknell Forest 0 0 0 143 
			 846 Brighton and Hove 0 0 0 62 
			 825 Buckinghamshire 6 1 0 144 
			 845 East Sussex 0 0 0 101 
			 850 Hampshire 0 0 0 140 
			 921 Isle of Wight 0 0 0 85 
			 886 Kent 2 1 0 106 
			 887 Medway 0 0 0 96 
			 826 Milton Keynes 0 0 0 110 
			 931 Oxfordshire 3 0 0 137 
			 851 Portsmouth 0 0 0 64 
			 870 Reading 2 0 0 93 
			 871 Slough 11 3 0 88 
			 852 Southampton 4 0 0 68 
			 936 Surrey 2 0 0 147 
			 869 West Berkshire 0 0 0 146 
			 938 West Sussex 1 0 0 133 
			 868 Windsor and Maidenhead 2 0 0 145 
			 872 Wokingham 0 0 0 149 
			   
			   South West 9 0 1  
			 800 Bath and North East Somerset 0 0 0 132 
			 837 Bournemouth 0 0 0 67 
			 801 Bristol, City of 7 0 1 53 
			  Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 75 
			 878 Devon 0 0 0 100 
			 835 Dorset 0 0 0 130 
			 916 Gloucestershire 1 0 0 126 
			 802 North Somerset 0 0 0 124 
			 879 Plymouth 0 0 0 57 
			 836 Poole 0 0 0 122 
			 933 Somerset 0 0 0 108 
			 803 South Gloucestershire 0 0 0 141 
			 86 Swindon 1 0 0 102 
			 880 Torbay 0 0 0 66 
			 865 Wiltshire 0 0 0 139 
			 (1) Includes middle schools as deemed.  (2) Includes City Technology Colleges and Academies.  (3) Includes maintained and non maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools.  (4) The number of pupils by their first language expressed as a percentage of the number of pupils of compulsory school age and above.  (5) Does not include information which was not sought or refused.  (6) Where one is the most deprived super output area.   Source:   School Census.

Schools: Admissions

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans his Department has to collect information on oversubscription criteria used by schools admissions authorities; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: The Secretary of State has asked the Schools Adjudicator to report to him on compliance with the statutory requirements on admissions, in respect of 2009 admission arrangements and annually thereafter. To inform his 2009 report, to be submitted to the Secretary of State on 1 September 2008, the Adjudicator has written to all local authorities asking them to submit to him a full set of admission arrangements for all schools in their area, and their account of the legality, fairness and effectiveness of those arrangements. We will be tabling a government amendment to the Education and Skills Bill which would place a duty on local authorities to submit reports on school admissions to the Schools Adjudicator in future years which will assist him in producing future reports.

Schools: Admissions

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will require admissions forums to publish an annual report on the extent to which admissions arrangements in their areas are operating fairly; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: Legislation provides Admission Forums with a power to produce annual reports on the effectiveness of admission arrangements in their area, to feed into the School Commissioner's biennial report to Parliament on fair access.
	As part of our recent announcements to strengthen the school admissions framework and ensure more compliance with the School Admissions Code and admissions legislation, we published, on 2 April, draft amendments to the Education and Skills Bill for consideration at Commons Report to place a duty on local authorities to report annually to the Schools Adjudicator on the legality, fairness, and effectiveness of admission arrangements in their areas. This duty on local authorities is in line with their role to monitor compliance with the statutory admissions framework and their duty to ensure fair access to educational opportunity. Copies of these draft amendments are available in the House Library.
	We also signalled that we will publish detailed proposals in the early summer to further strengthen the admission system, which will include improvements to Admission Forums.

Schools: Admissions

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools have more than 1,500 pupils, broken down by index of multiple deprivation decile.

Jim Knight: The requested information is shown in the table:
	
		
			  All state funded secondary schools ( 1,2) , Number and percentage of schools with more than 1,500 pupils by level of deprivation of school ( 3) Number of schools by Band. England, as at January 2007 
			   Number of secondary schools with more than 1,500 pupils  Percentage of secondary schools with more than 1,500 pupils 
			  Level of deprivation of school based on Index of Multiple Deprivation ( 2)   
			 0-10 most deprived 14 5.3 
			 10-20 13 4.1 
			 20-30 21 6.5 
			 30-40 31 8.5 
			 40-50 29 7.6 
			 50-60 24 6.9 
			 60-70 33 8.9 
			 70-80 35 10.6 
			 80-90 39 10.8 
			 90-100 least deprived 49 14.4 
			 All schools (3,4) 288 8.5 
			 (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes local authority maintained secondary schools, City Technology Colleges and Academies. (3) 2004 Indices of Multiple Deprivation at Super Output Area based on the location of the school.() (4) Based on schools open at as January 2006.  Source:  School Census

Schools: Finance

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what resources from Standards Funds have been allocated by his Department in the last 12 months, broken down by source fund.

Jim Knight: The following table shows the Standards Fund allocations made to local authorities for 2007-08.
	
		
			  Standards fund allocations to local authorities 2007-08 
			  Grant   million 
			 School Development Grant 1,894.29 
			 School Standards Grant 1,174.56 
			 School Standards Grant (Personalisation) 355.85 
			 Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant 178.63 
			 Targeted School Meals Grant 49.00 
			 Devolved School Meals Grant 29.19 
			 Extended Schools 64.57 
			 Targeted Support for Primary National Strategy 146.50 
			 Targeted Support for Secondary National Strategy 110.68 
			 Primary Strategy: Communication, Language and Literacy 2.58 
			 Aimhigher 26.28 
			 Targeted Improvement Grant 20.69 
			 Fresh Start and New Partnerships: Recurrent 2.43 
			 School Improvement Partners 13.06 
			 Music Services 59.56 
			 Music at Key Stage 2 23.00 
			 Education Health Partnerships 11.64 
			 Playing for Success 10.82 
			 London Challenge/City Challenge 19.48 
			 14-19 Engagement Programme 10.98 
			 Choice Advisers 5.27 
			 School Workforce Data Collection Pilots 1.76 
			 Making Good Progress Pilots 5.31 
			 School Intervention Grant 15.00 
			 Flexible 14 to 19 Partnerships Funding 29.70 
			 Walking to School Initiatives 2.58 
			 General Duty on Sustainable Travel To School 4.00 
			 Extended Rights for Free Travel 3.20 
			 Regional School Travel Advisers 0.22 
			 Computers for Pupils: Recurrent 9.97 
			 Computers for Pupils: Capital 49.29 
			 National Digital Infrastructure for Schools: Capital 195.93 
			 E-Learning Credits 49.92 
			 Devolved Formula Capital 812.38 
			 School Travel Plans: Capital 17.86 
			 Capital Modernisation: Primary 88.92 
			 Capital Modernisation: Secondary 89.37 
			 Targeted Capital Fund 615.81 
			 Building Schools for the Future: Capital 382.11 
			 Miscellaneous Capital Grants 245.94 
			 Basic Needs Safety Valve: Capital 9.60 
			 Successful and Popular Schools: Capital 12.14 
			 Specialist Schools Capital 20.96 
			 Fresh Start and New Partnerships: Capital 13.10 
			 City Learning Centre: Capital 15.77 
			 England total 6,899.91

Schools: Standards

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which publicly-funded agencies and departmental bodies are responsible for raising standards in schools; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: Within their specific areas of responsibility, all the Department's agencies and other bodies which work with schools work to raise standards and narrow attainment gaps.
	The main departmental bodies helping schools to raise standards are:
	British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA)
	National Strategies
	National College for School Leadership (NCSL)
	Ofsted
	Partnerships for schools (PfS)
	Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA).

Secondary Education: Assessments

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many eligible pupils did not obtain level 4 in a combination of reading, writing and mathematics tests in Key Stage Two tests in 2007, broken down by index of multiple deprivation decile.

Jim Knight: Figures broken down by index of multiple deprivation decile can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	Some related figures can be found at the following:
	National figures for pupils achieving level 4 or above in a combination of reading, writing and mathematics can be found in 'DCSF: National Curriculum Assessments at Key Stage 2 in England, 2007 (Provisional)' found at:
	http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000737/index.shtml (Table 5)
	National and Government Office Region level figures of pupils achieving level 4 or above in English, Mathematics and Science broken down by index of multiple deprivation decile can be found in 'DCSF: National Curriculum Assessment, GCSE and Equivalent Attainment and Post-16 Attainment by Pupil Characteristics, in England 2006/07' found at:
	http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000759/index.shtml (Table 1).